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MYstery We use a workbook with ques- fast facts
MK STORIES • BY ASHLEY BRENTS

tions such as, “Are you a spiritually
Going Deeper
minded person and why?” Japan
Park evangelism is going to
To go deeper into the idea of the
the big parks in Tokyo and trying
Trinity we studied this week, read:
1 coRiNtHiaNS 12:3-7 climate: varies from tropical in south to
to make friends. When people are
2 coRiNtHiaNS 13:13 playing games, we ask if we can play, cool temperate in north
epHeSiaNS 4:1-16 too. We hang out with them and try
HebRewS 9:11-14 teRRaiN: mostly rugged and
to share Christ. One time I walked mountainous
1 peteR 1:3-12 up to someone who was sitting on a
JuDe 20-21 aRea: 145,882 sq. miles (slightly smaller
blanket, and he asked me to tell him
about Christ! than California)
Sometimes our team dresses up as NatuRal ReSouRceS: negligible
Prayers, thoughts, clowns and gives out Bible tracts as we mineral resources, fish (With virtually
& questions: talk to people who are watching us. I no energy natural resources, Japan is
make balloons and give them to the the world’s largest importer of coal and
little kids. It can be hard because the liquefied natural gas as well as the second
kids speak Japanese better than I do— largest importer of oil.)
and I don’t know what animal they are populatioN: 127,288,416 (July 2008 est.)
asking me to make!
I help with park evangelism in the liteRacy: 99% of people in Japan age 15
Sharing summer and Five-Minute English and over can read and write
year-round. I usually work with other
Jesus missionaries and volunteers who
come from the U.S. on mission trips.
in Japan It is pretty exciting. Last summer 439
volunteers came and talked to 12,201
people, mostly using Five-Minute
English and park evangelism. More
mk uses 5-minute english
Known> 8/1 lessons, park evangelism than 1,200 Japanese heard the plan
SO HOW DO YOu put the truths of this week’s devotions into motion in of salvation, and 88 people got saved.
Isn’t that awesome? God works in
your life? y Name iS aSHley totally cool ways.
� Think about what each member of the Trinity means to you. What does bReNtS. I’m 13, and I etHNic gRoupS: Japanese—98.5%,
God the Father mean to you? What does God the Son mean to you? M live in Tokyo, Japan. My Japanese. Three summers ago, Korean—0.5%, Chinese—0.4%, other—
I believe God has a plan for the
What does God the Holy Spirit mean to you?
� How are you allowing each representative of the Trinity to make parents and I moved to Japan when the Tokyoites seemed closed to the 0.6%
I was 8 weeks old, and my brother,
ReligioNS: observe both Shinto and Bud-
gospel. But today they are open and
Himself real to you on a daily basis?
Adam (12), and sister, Avery (7), were
� How can you explain the Trinity to those who don’t understand it? born here. My parents serve as project love talking to Americans. One of my dhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian
0.7%)
� How deep is your understanding of why God chose to show Himself in coordinators/volunteer mobilizers missionary friends said, “The spiritual Fact List Source: The CIA Factbook, https://www.cia.
climate of Japan is changing.”
for the International Mission Board’s
this way to us?
� What do you need to do in order to gain a better understanding of the Tokyo team. Japan on a mission trip! I love volun- gov/library/publications/the world factbook/geos/
We would love to have you come to
ja.html
Trinity? What steps will you take this week to better understand?
I love the Japanese people, the
� What is one way you can live out the qualities of each Person of the culture, everything! But I love America teers and think it would be so cool if
you would come! If you’re interested in
Trinity today? a lot, too. My mom and I joke about learning more about work among the
where my home really is. We decided Japanese or how you can be involved pray
Read Through that it probably is on the airplane in missions, go to http://thetask.org or • That the people we meet using Five-
the Bible between the two countries. http://going.imb.org. � Minute english and park evangelism will
Two ministries I really enjoy are have a hunger to know Christ.
Want to know more about God Five-Minute English and park evan- • That the pop culture in Asia will shift
in three Persons? read His gelism. Five-Minute English is a tool toward God’s truth, the only thing that
? faith isn’t understanding every facet of the whole Bible in a year. Japanese so we can share the gospel. Photos courtesy imb • For members of the IMB Tokyo team as
Word! Follow our plan and read
can free the Japanese from sin and
we use to start conversations with the
death.
• Job 29–pSalmS 12
god’s character. it’s believing He is who He
We hold up signs advertising it at train
• actS 16:16–20:16
they work to see house churches started
stations and call out, “Five-Minute
says He is and can do what He promised.
in West Tokyo.
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