I Bought My Ticket to Japan

I Bought My Ticket To Japan

Yes, you read the title right, I bought my ticket to Japan. The die is cast, we’ve burnt the ships, the alps have been crossed and my ticket is in hand. My last newsletter was titled “Invasion of Hells Empire” and the time has come for me to board the landing craft and prepare to storm the beaches. And with the end of school in sight, (which is crazy that a year has almost passed) it is time to move ahead, and the next step is actually going to Japan.

I will be going for three months, from September 1st to November 24th, coming back just in time for the holidays, as I won’t have many left with my family.
Which is where all of you come in, I need prayer, like a lot of it. Not only for the Lord to speak to me in the three months i’m there, or for my safety or health, which please, I really need that. But I also greatly need prayer for raising support. I’m taking a leap of faith on this one, as I need to raise around $4000 to go for the three months. This ranges from things like insurance and transportation, to food and rent. So please pray that the Lord will meet these needs. and not only that, but long term support as well.

Now why three months?
Well that is as long as a tourist visa will give me. The idea is that I go there and live there a little longer than the two weeks a vacation usually gives you. In that time I’ll seek the Lord to see if this is truly what he has for me, where I fit in in the ministry there, getting a language school squared away for me, finding a place to live and what not.

Now all of this is very bitter sweet news for me. I am super excited about going, but leaving my family and going alone, is well, to put it simply, is out right scary. And as the time draws nearer, it’s becoming more real. Though at the same time I am excited that the year of schooling is almost done and I am one step closer, as this year has been anything but easy.

I’ve suffered from loneliness, suffered from back pain that kept me from standing for any length of time, my car broke down on me, a thousand little random attacks from the enemy, heck even my aunt, the woman I am living with, died unexpectedly. And this, as you can imagine, has been hard to navigate. But through it all the Lord has been with me, and I’ve seen it. And I know that though it might have been hard to see, or feel his presence in the moment, I can see it now. And so I know that the Lord will be with me as I go. Even though I’m scared, I can already see what he’s doing, and this gives me great courage.

And even through all this, I still need your prayers. And not only for me, but for the ministry that the Lord will give me; for its success, and that I might be faithful and humble in doing it. So please keep praying, as this has just been the training, the real war is still ahead of me.

God bless you my friend.

~Bryan Barrow

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Prayer Requests:

Pray for financial support for this three month tour. That I could raise $4000 before September.

And pray for long term financial support for me to be able to go out onto the missions field.
Our Ministry

This ministry is not just my ministry, it’s our ministry. When you come along side me in prayer, encouragement, or financial support, you reap the rewards of this ministry and store up treasures in heaven. As these are the rewards of the ministry. This is just as much your ministry as mine, as I am the hands and you become the arms when you join with me. So thank you.