I’m so excited for you to hear Mami’s story of how she encountered Jesus.

In Japan, only 1% of the population is Christian, so Mami had the rare & miraculous experience of growing up in the church.
She knew about God, but it wasn’t until later that she actually felt God’s nearness and knew His love in her heart.
With having Jesus in her life, God guides her life and she knows that He is with her.

Many Japanese people are seeking happiness - so they work hard and try to build meaningful relationships, but there is still an emptiness... there are not many places in Japan to hear about God, but it is good to have an open heart to Jesus.

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I'm so excited to share Julie's story with you! The Lord has been so faithful to her from a young age. Originally, Julie was not interested in going to Japan at all, but God worked in her heart, and she ended up becoming a missionary in Japan!

Through being a missionary in Japan, Julie shares some amazing stories of loss & forgiveness, falling in love & getting married, and trusting God's guidance through it all.

Julie has known Jesus most of her life, and because of knowing Jesus:

• she trusts God to lead her
• she prays for others
• she can feel His presence
• she loves to worship Him
• and much more!

You will not want to miss this episode!

Hello friends! This week, our Bible study leader, Andrew, shares his story of how he encountered Jesus.

Although he grew up in a family that attended church, Andrew tried to seek faith on his own and as a teenager, he ended up turning his back on God.

He called himself an atheist and really wrestled with some tough questions:

• Does life have any meaning?
• What happens when we die?
• Is love real or just chemical reactions?
• Did God create the world?
• How can God be real if there is so much suffering?

Through some “coincidences,” Andrew was able to wrestle with answers to those questions with a Christian friend.

Not only did he find truth in God, but he discovered that “the God of the universe loves me, a broken sinner.”

After giving his life to Jesus, Jesus changed (& is still changing) Andrew over time…

• from being selfish to loving others
• from being a broken sinner to being saved & set free
• from searching for meaning to life making sense
• from being unsure about life after death to having hope in eternal life

Looking at his life now, Andrew realizes that life is so much more than what he used to think: “it’s not fate, it’s not accidental, there’s a beautiful story being written with my life - all the broken pieces are being put into this beautiful water and it’s making something extremely beautiful, interesting out of something that was such a mess, out of such a messy person.”

Without God, nothing makes sense. “We can’t make sense of anything as humans on earth without God.”

And the gospel is not just that Jesus died for our sins, but we have the hope of an eternal future with God for those who believe. “Christianity without the resurrection, is not Christianity… Jesus has made a way for us to live with Him for eternity.”

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