Earlier this month, my teammates and I spent a weekend on a retreat to strategically plan out the rest of the semester. During this retreat, we came up with 4 goals we wish to see accomplished before February. The first goal is to "Grow in Prayer" as individuals as well as a team. What this means is that we want prayer to be our first priority as well as bring everything we do and say before God in prayer. The second goal is to "See One Japanese Student Come to Christ." This goal is self-explanatory. The third goal is to "Follow-Up with Students and Have Them Join Student Impact (JCCC)." This…
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Recently I have been thinking a lot about the topic brought up in this book "Jesus Wants to Save Christians". I have only finished reading the first chapter since I am not a fan of reading at all (which makes me think about how I made it through college but whatever), but it has made me think about what do it mean/look like for God to have a heart for the oppressed. Having grown up in a Chrsitian context, I know in my head what it means for God to have a heart for the oppressed but how does this play a role in my life? What does it have to do with me being in Japan? I still don't…
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Hey All,
Here is a little update on how God is moving here in Tokyo. As you should know by now, I am in Tokyo, Japan working as an international intern trying to me college students and tell them about the love of God. Here in Japan, it is not just my teammates from America and Canada that I work with but also Japanese national staff and international campus staff who are the long term people I work with as part of Student Impact (CRU in Japan). Every Friday, Student Impact has a meeting for Christian and non-Christian students to come and either learn how to share their faith with their…
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Here is a humorous video my roommate and I watch to practice Japanese as a joke. Formal language learning is very expensive here in Tokyo, Japan so we just do self-study, but many of the students we talk to can speak enough English to have a conversation with. Some of my teammates can speak Japanese but I cannot speak Japanese so I really on English. It is definitely more of a struggle this way but it is definitely possible for I have seen God do some great things in the lives of different Japanese students due to their interesting in learning English. All in all, this is just a funny video…
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Hi Everyone,
This post is just to give a quck introduction to who I am and what I am doing as a Goer. I'm Mark Morikawa and I am 24 years old. This is my second year as a Goer and I am working with CRU as a STINTer in Tokyo, Japan. The ministry I am a part of is campus ministry at primarily two different campuses (one high school and one college campus). What I do is try to meet students, become friends with them, and share the Gospel message with them. Last year, I met and shared the Gospel with about 3 different students and built friendships with about 5 more students. Last year my team…
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