Stories from the Field

July 2003

A father comes to the father

As Father’s Day approaches, too many fathers of Japan’s heartland are unaware of the Father of all fathers. Mr. T., however, has found his long-awaited Father! Baptist representative Ronny Cooksey tells how Mr. T. grew up during World War II. His father committed suicide when he was 2, his mother when he was 4. During the post-war occupation, through the American military’s work with orphans, Mr. T. received his first Bible. Last summer, a high school volunteer team distributed 25,000 Jesus cassettes. “One group got lost-in front of Mr. T.’s house!” says Cooksey. They invited him to house church and he’s seldom missed a service since.” In time, Mr. T., now age 60, accepted Christ and wanted to be baptized. Ask the Father of all fathers to help Mr. T. become the leader in his home, according to the instructions God has given in His Word. Pray for his wife and grown daughters, who are not yet believers. May he represent, also, the fathers of the Japanese heartland-and the world-who so need to know the Lord.
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