Teen Challenge Japan

On Monday, I went to Teen Challenge Japan. Teen Challenge is a program which finds its roots in New York City, and was founded by David Wilkerson, who is well-known as a Christian evangelist who reached out to gang members in NYC in the 1950s and 1960s. Anyways, TCJ has a program which not only helps people overcome their addictions, but purposes to change their lives so that they live their lives for Jesus Christ. Currently TCJ has one intern and three students. They attend our Sunday night church service, and occasionally come on Sunday mornings and Wednesdays, too. It has been such a blessing getting to know these guys. Simon is a graduate of the program who is now an intern, coaching/teaching/encouraging/disciplining the current students. Tetsuya, Masaki, and Jintoku are the three current students, each having been there for a different amount of time. Each of them is growing in the Lord, and it's a blessing to see the way God is changing them! The students made an awesome dinner (as they do every night, I'm told), and Simon and I went out to Lawson to get ice cream after. Great day!

ティーン・チャレンジ・ジャパンとは、麻薬及びアルコール依存を解放するためのセンターです。現在、沖縄の南城市だけにセンターがあります。山城テモテさんが管理をしていて、サイモン兄弟がインターンとして献身しています。そして、今３人の生徒がいます。テツヤ兄弟、マサキ兄弟、人徳兄弟。毎週の日曜日に夜礼拝に来ていて、神様は徐々と彼らを変えて下さることを見て感動します！この前の月曜日にＴＣＪセンターを訪れる機会が与えられて、みんなと数時間（及び夕飯）を過ごした。神様はその時間を利用して、僕の心に強く語って下さったことも感謝の一つです。サイモン、誘ってくれてありがとう！これからもみんなの健康や霊的な成長を祈っています！