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My name is Honoka. I was raised in a non-Christian home. After graduating from a protestant middle and high school, I stopped reading the Bible. But while studying Spanish at university, I was introduced to KGK Japan by a friend, and was saved last year during a summer camp. It has been almost two years since I found KGK, and 14 months since I got saved. KGK became the most important place for me at university. I want to share three things that I am particularly thankful for:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Recharging my batteries to\nlove my neighbour<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Our KGK\ngroup met every morning at 8am for devotions. We read the Bible, shared what we\nhad discovered and prayed for each other. I loved these times! It was so\nimportant for me to hear God\u2019s words, dwell on His will and feel His love,\nbefore jumping into the non-Christian environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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I have\nnever been good at forming relationships, and in a non-Christian community it\nhas been my biggest challenge to love my neighbour. I lose the power to love\nothers the moment I am away from God. But because of that fellowship time with\nmy Christian friends each morning, I could recharge my spiritual batteries to\nlove my neighbours on campus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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We could see God answering our prayers and could feel God\u2019s grace being poured into the smallest details of our lives. My sister showed no interest in church, and I was very desperate for her. Yet through the prayers of my friends every morning, she started to change and eventually she too gave her life to Christ!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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KGK Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Learning from my friends\u3000<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It was a huge blessing to be able to learn from each other. There were so many times when I admired the faith of my friends. The reason I was able to know God was because I saw the beauty of the KGK members praying together. When I looked into the eyes of my friends talking about God, I really knew that God exists! It was wonderful to be in that kind of environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The chain reaction of\nsalvation<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I was\nintroduced to KGK by a friend and was saved a year ago. My friend then started\nto participate in KGK activities too, and accepted Jesus at camp this year,\nexactly a year after me. I feel so overwhelmed to see God\u2019s big, detailed plan in\nthis chain reaction of salvation. Now I wonder how I was ever able to live\nwithout God! Before I met Him, I was easily crushed by anxiety and I always\nfelt stressed about very small things. It was such a blessing to have been\nsaved during my campus years, and now I wish that many other students will be\nsaved along with me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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I am now studying as an international student in Colombia. I have joined the local UCU group (UCU is the IFES movement in Colombia). I felt God call me to start leading morning devotions here. So now we meet at 8am every morning to read our Bibles and pray. If God will use me, I want to serve Him here in Colombia, or in KGK Japan student ministry in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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