Prayer Updates

My brothers and sister, I hope that when you read and watch these blogs that you are individually being blessed by the Lord and that He imparts to You the knowledge of Him that He has and is blessing me with. I have some prayer updates that I would really love if you could take to the Lord on my behalf, He is moving so heavily here and I am being blessed by His wonderful presence daily, and would love for Him to continue doing it so I can grow and become the man He wants me to be.

1)ABANDONMENT (John 15:4)- The Lord is, I feel, calling me to an abandonment of all that I have known about Him and completely relearn how to, BE, with Him. His word for me in this season of my life is  "Play" and from this He is teaching me to be less serious, and to just enjoy being in His presence interacting with His people here in Japan.

2) SOFTENING OF MY HEART (Psalm 95:7-9)  - that my heart would not be hardened to the things that the Lord is doing in me and here in Japan. That He would continuously break down the walls in my heart and the heart of the people of Japan and rebuild them on the firm foundation of His love.

3) FINANCES (Psalm 111:5-6, MARK 10: 29-31) - Because of the Lord's blessing in my life with sponsors and  I have paid in full for the education/training portion of the DTS, however as of today I received an update that for the outreach portion I still have a balance of 94,038 yen (1110.18 USD) plus airfare another (1000.00 or so). In total i still owe about 2000.00 USD.
     I am not the only one who needs to raise funds either, I am pretty sure that about half of the DTS students still do not have the funds to continue on with the next portion of the DTS. However, we are 100% confident that the Lord will provide for those who are following in His will. If you would like to support my or another's time here in Japan please email me (austin.bock15@gmail.com) and I will send you the instructions on how to do this.

4) CHILDREN'S MINISTRY (Mark 10:13-16) My first ministry time during the education portion takes place tonight and is every Thursday evening for the next 3 months.
     I am/feel called to the children of Japan. Because of this i am going to help teach some children in Japan english as well as share the gospel with them. My heart breaks for the children here, they are so beautiful and grow up with "everything" yet don't have the one thing/person that can satisfy them, Jesus Christ. Please pray that this ministry time is fruitful, joyful, and fully rooted in the Lord.