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"You should come to Moms In Touch," encouraged Karen, whose daughter was a friend of my youngest son. Again, in the ladies room after church, "Mitsue, you should come to Moms In Touch to pray for Michael." And another time! But I didn't go … until Michael's dorm shelf fell on him. I thought, "Oh, God, really wants me to go to the prayer meeting!"
I started going to the College Moms In Touch (now Moms in Prayer) Group, and I began to know and understand what Moms in Prayer International is all about. It turns out, Karen was the Oregon State Coordinator. That College Group had been praying here in Portland, Oregon, for 15 years that a Japanese-speaking prayer group would be started.
The first time I joined the College Group and we divided into small prayer groups, Karen and I prayed together. She encouraged me to pray in Japanese, even though she didn't know the language. But when she prayed following me, she was praying about the same things. It was like the Holy Spirit had told her what I had prayed. I was amazed!
After a few times with that group, Karen asked me if the Lord was whispering anything to me. "Yes, I want to lead a Japanese prayer group," I said. After I received some training, I started a prayer group for moms praying in Japanese.
I would like to continue to reach out to any Japanese-speaking moms to share the joy and the power of praying together. If I can be of support to you in helping start a Moms in Prayer group, please contact me.
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