Christine

Christine is a member of Heart4Japan, and the Lord had led her to be in contact with Japan in His own mysterious way. She had been going to Japan regularly for the last 5 years for work. She make clothes and bags out of Japanese obis and kimonos. Isn't that interesting?

In Hong Kong, Christine saw that many young people have no where to go to hangout. Deep in her she just want more young people to have that opportunity to meet Christ. So she took the step of faith to start this cafe. A lot had happened since she began and she knew there will be more adventures to come. "I just want to serve the Lord and give my life to Him," she said.


After a long period of waiting, finally she received a letter from the Food Hygiene Dept on their requirements for my cafe. (HK in a bit slow in this...) So she is very close to opening the cafe now. Do cover the cafe in your prayers!

It is not easy to run around to organize a cafe, so much more with trying out recipes, settings, kitchen, paper work, and employing people. Some more, she aims it to be self-funding Christian Cafe. She didn't have experience in this, but she has the LORD! If the Food Hygiene will give her a go ahead ASAP, that will relieve her much from stress!

Appreciate that! We are here for each other, don't we?

Join Facebook - Heart4Japan group to view the profiles of all other members!

Joyful Harvest Church

I visited Joyful Harvest Church this evening. The church birth forth from the Vineyard Ministry, and carried a vision to local Hong Kong and China. Missionaries from the Vineyard Ministry came over to give them blessings to move on this evening. The message was, " You were set apart not from, but TO, to things that He is calling you to."

It reminded me a scene that I witnessed 2 years ago, when Banner of Love birthed forth with a new vision to reach out to the locals. Indeed, it was a step of faith. For both churches to go on in Him to pursue the unique visions that God had set in their path, dreams that God had put forward in their missions! Touching!

While the worship began, I found myself fully recharged, and I began to lift up my voice and sang. I began to pray, and seek forgiveness for Turkey, for Arab, for I was deeply troubled by the news in Smyrna. A deep sorrow to the wickedness that bound the land in the debt of innocent blood. The darkness resisted the light. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. In the midst of worship, I received a vision. I was clothed in a black cloak, as I was clothed in darkness, and my back bent. In worship, the light just showered me, and my cloak was removed, and I began to shine in the light, my hands lifted up, my head lifted up, my back lifted up. In the power of the Holy Ghost, I found myself prayed according to His will, tearing down the walls that the evil had built, and bringing down His glory into this land. The church, Hong Kong. I saw the Victoria Harbour, the image was just as the post card, but turned really big. I saw light that travelled forth up from Hong Kong Island to the border of Shen Zhen, forced up to YangTze River.

Powerful, prophetic, God is in this place!

It was a joy to be with these people! Because there is a willing heart, and readiness to move!

Heart of serving!

But it was JOY because I knew I can come to my Lord with my dirty baggages, and He will take it away from me. For He will clothe me with robes, and crown me with crown! I just want to stretch my arms out to Him, calling Him, "Abba, Father!".

Thank you, Lord! For all Your Mighty! Lord has mercy!

Sea sick

Okay, I really became sick. I was weak, and my hands and feet were cold. The nausea and body ache continued after I got home yesterday. So, can't blame all on Lan Kwai Fong too.

God had been gracious to me, as so many locals had fell terribly sick so many times in the seasons of change, but I was spared. I got sea sick on the last trip to Lamma Island.

I remember as I was in Kabuki-cho, there was a moment that I felt I was lost, miserable, and heavy. I am not sure if that was a kind of spiritual warfare. But I knew a desperate harsh warfare swifted it after that.

To be correct, Lan Kwai Fong is like a combination of Bukit Bintang (KL,Malaysia) and Kabuki-cho (Shinjuku,Japan).

I pray there will be more ministries in these places!

Several Prayer Items in March

I have a chance to interview my Japanese Language teacher, Hayashi Sensei on the issue of Hikikomori, this Tuesday(27/3) morning 10am.

Pray for me wisdom and discernment, and pray for more: a chance and boldness to proclaim the message of Christ to her. I really desire for her to have LIFE, knowing Christ.


There are a number of Chinese students around me who are more comfortable with Mandarin, and the burden to set up a bible study with them grew stronger.

I'm still praying if I can start a series of bible study with them coincide with Easter. Materials and Chapters to study as well as time are crucial. I had bought some NT bibles yesterday, so hopefully that will help. My own bible is with Helen now, she prefers to read the English one, so I'm using one from the library.

So, pray for Helen Ni as she is seeking. Pray for a several others too, can't name all of them, but God knows. Just keep them in your prayers, that will help the progress of the work, and shred much of my burden. Because then, it is because of your prayers that the mountains are removed! You are together with me in the field.

Pray that I can really do this fast, time is short. Easter is approaching. Semester is ending. Pray that these people can get the
most valuable in life before they off for home.

Prayers

Dear Lord,

I pray that your love will fill the hearts of my friends, Bonny, Nichole, Roy, Sophie, Helen, Lily, Silent, Seng Qi, Amy. Heal all wounded hearts, and pour out your oil of mercy and grace, to conceal thier sorrows, to provide strength, to reveal love and hope that is so special in you. Lord, may the spring of the fountain flows within them! May they gain life! In Jesus, Amen.

I pray that you use every piece of work that you had thrust your hand on, and grant them a harvest in Japan! Lord, may you intervene and in our agony, and bring forth restoration of hope and faith and love in the Church! May you strengthen the work that you had placed in our hands. May you make good use of the findings of Keikyo, Kakure Kirishitan, Endo Shusaku, God's Finger Prints, Japan Harvest, Operation Japan, Hipopo Ministry, Lifeline, and many more! May your workers join their hearts and strength together in ploughing your land, to pray for your Kingdom to come, but not slander or stumble by your work!

God, I pray that you will use Dr. Ozawa on his missions in Feb and March. I also pray that you will bless the lineup team which is working to prepare the way for the ship, I pray that the ship will be able to serve the countrysides, and bring forth corporation and promote understanding of the churches! I pray that hindrances to be removed, so that people could come, and common people, non-believer shall come, to taste the delight in serving, to taste the love of Christ, to expose themselves to the light of life!


Lord, I also pray that you use the ministry of Jimmy Hayashi, the ministry of Ps. Suzuki, the ministry of Matthias & Yoko, Rie, Kazue, Masayuki, Richard & Candy and Sam Pillay. These people minister in different places, send your workers to the field, O Lord! They need helpers, they need prayer partners, they need teams of workers that are devoted and faithful!

I also pray that you bless Reimer and Nobuko who are now retired from their mission field. Lord, be our provider! A provider that will never fail us, never cease, always cheerful, always encouraging, always uplifting!


Thank you, Lord! In Jesus, Amen.


Love,
Roseline

Christmas thought

My mom and my sis are with me for more than 16 days now. They were
supposed to leave this morning, but because of my own selfishness to
have them with me one more minute, and of my own carelessness in
budgeting the time for check in, they missed the cue.

God must had answered my prayers! It was really sad to send them off
this morning. And now, I have them with me for Christmas!(Poor boy, my
brother would need to stay alone for Christmas...) The next earliest
flight to home is on Dec26. And praise the Lord, we got a special rate
in the peak season!

This morning, as my sis sms me from Macau Airport, informing me that
they had missed the cue, it was very messy. I didn't have friends in
Macau, and I didn't know how to help. At that moment, I found it hard
to be still.

Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely,
who conducts his affairs with justice.
Surely he will never be shaken;
a righteous man will be remembered forever
He will have no fear of bad news;
his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is secure, he will have no fear;
in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
Psalm112:5-8

I prayed, and tried to concentrate to hear His voice and instruction,
for an answer of the situation, and direction on what to do next, but
I was too busy to listen. Contradicting, isn't it? My heart was
secure, but I just could not stand still.

On the way to Macau, I was full with wild thoughts, making all the
possible assumptions, trying to figure out a reason why would this
happen? How could I made such a silly mistake, and cause them into
such troubles? Then, I found myself using all those testimonies that
were once told to figure out a scene, that God had actually permit
this to prevent us from harm. Then, I convinced myself, there must be
someone in the airport that was so lost, and because of the miss, my
mom was preaching to them. Then, I imagine God will send His angel to
give generously to my family. Or maybe the air asia officer felt
sorry that they will change them to the next time without extra
charges! So many thoughts......

There were a serial of challenges and sad moments blending together
with the excitement of Heart4Japan within weeks just recently. My
church is calling me back because they thought it was too harsh for me
to be alone in Hong Kong, the finance needs, the workload of the
course, the unpromising plan to Japan as a public health expert. No
part time job available for about two months now. My landlord had
reduced the rent for me, but because it is difficult to find a nice
flatmate I might need to move to smaller place. In all these decisions
to make, I really need to be very still and listen to Him. "My sheep
recognize my voice." Jesus is my Shepherd! I need to learn to listen
regardless how busy and how noisy the surrounding is.

But then, the ministry was exciting! The pleasant of walking with the
Lord, telling people about Christ, witnessing Christ were amazing! I
am reaching out to some friends, please pray for a several friends of
mine: Bonnie, Nichole, Issa, Silent. Pray that God will work in them.
I found it hard with HM, She must had been hurt badly while she
attended church few years back. She will just shun away from anything
that is related to church. And she had only me as her friend. It is
very hard for me too not to talk about Jesus when I relate situations
to situations.

There are 2 places in Hong Kong now, started to pray for Japan in
group. I'm exploring more. God had given me opportunities to share
with a few churches on my vision about Japan. I believe that God will
raise some of these people to start praying for Japan! A church in
Shenzhen had started to incorporate Japan into their prayer agenda in
their regular prayer meetings. So, it made the numbers to three.
AMAZING! God is good!

I'm taking Hong Kong University and my dissertation in Public Health
as a means to Japan universities is not a secret in my faculty. My
supervisor knows about it, and it frees me from pretending. We have no
confidence on how this could be, but we'll work on it! It's a
challenge! A good one.

There are few things I'm for sure:
1. Even if at the finish of the course, I would not make it to Japan
with my research on Hikikomori or suicide, a well designed and written
dissertation will certainly help the workers on the field to tackle
the question. It would be able to link different experts together to
work towards youth issues. It will also contributes to research.
2. When I started Heart4Japan, it was never about me going to Japan.
It is about getting people to see Japan as a mission field, and get
people have interest in it, to pray, to go.
3. I cannot compare my life here with our field masters in Japan,
there are having much tougher time, much lesser time to sleep than me.
4. God is faithful! Things fall into His plan without us knowing it,
and He is always in control.
5. I had came to Hong Kong by faith, living in His providence even
when my faith was small. These are not only about His mercy on me.
Somehow I sense that this is His will to put me into the subject of
public health. Hong long more I would be able to stay, I have no
clues. If I need to move my tent, I'll move.
6. My Father is moving people for Japan, He is turning hearts of young
and old towards His Kingdom in Japan! "The Church will come in!" This
was His promise.

Merry Christmas! Everybody!

Another Prayer Group Praying For Japan

Praise Jesus, I found a church that is earnestly praying for Japan in
Hong Kong. Hallelujah! I went to the prayer meeting this evening, it
was amazing!

These people, they are Chinese, they pray for Japan because the church
has a vision for Japan. They love the church, and they love God,
although they don't understand why, no facts, no reason except for
knowing it is the desire of God to see Japan saved. And after praying
for many months, now they have a Japanese pastor, talently gifted,
charismatic and spiritual, joined them 2 months back, and started to
lead the team.

There are people praying for Japan. Japanese and non-Japanese. I found
Mayumi Sensei with her J-Chapel, I found Rev. Joseph Ozawa who has
this hippopotamus ministry,and now I found Kazawa Sensei. And of
course, us! Heart4Japan prayer warriors! In fact, all of us are
Heart4Japan warriors!

God reminded me one thing today, there is no founder for Heart4Japan.
He is the founder! The ministry is not about people, but His heart,
His desire! Any one, who is on the field, who pray for Japan, that is
because a heart for Japan! I pray that God will join all of us
together in short, and we will together see a BREAKTHROUGH in Japan!

The power of PRAYERS brings forth forgiveness, reconciliation, Salvation!

There is a promise for Japanese, we are obligated to help them to get
there when we had crossed Jordan, because we are FAMILY!


I heard some people cried out to God, "Many people are praying for
Japan, so Japan will have Jesus!" Japan will have Jesus! But I hear
the field crying, "we need more workers, we need more warriors!" May
God bless you!

无题

天星码头被拆毁了，很多人带着一股依恋到码头绑上一条一条的蓝丝带。新的码头取代了历史，但是却提供了更多的商业契机。

而我，倒不在乎是新旧码头，只要我能够依旧乘渡轮穿梭于繁忙的都市之中，我就已经觉得很写意了。当然，这跟我只属于这个地方的过客有关。没有历史的牵连，幸福变成了很简单。但对那些去系上蓝丝带的市民，我猜被拆毁的该是他们的回忆吧？

在吉隆坡的上空，我们时而会看见盘旋的鹰。在香港城市的上空，常常有“哇！哇！”的一声响，划破长空。它们也不是成群结队的飞，有点像鹰，有时候孤单，有时候两三个凑合着在空中戏耍。

然后，又时候从码头向城市走去，你会看见在一些建筑物的平顶上，有着螺旋桨向上转、上升，再往对岸飞去。好像在戏里头，有很重要的人物有着很重要的事要办，持着很重要的文件，在思绪里弥漫着一股很神秘的气息。

近年来香港的空气污染指数在国际污染地位排行榜上渐渐有名。基本上，从九龙眺望维多利亚港已经逐渐迈向雾里看花的地步。很多时候，望向东涌的方向，你会看见一朵黑色又或者深褐色的云朵在它的上空停留着，很独特。但是游客的热情依然不减，携老带少地在港湾留恋、拍照。每天晚上的“幻彩咏香江”这个节目依然在进行。维多利亚港不愧是世界上著名的旅游点。纵然可见度朦胧一片，依然不减魅力。大家不禁因为具体生活素质的提高而沉醉在自己所编织的幻象里，你可以说他们缺乏危机感，也可以说他们为经济鹏飞说付出的代价执迷不悟。

但，我不过是一个过客。我只对色彩和独特的建筑设计有兴趣。最主要的是漫步在港湾，让我暂时远离嚣张的城市的味道。仅此而已。于是我腾出了时间，可以学习看人世间的浮华和不真实。