I'm Home

I finally made it home!!

Sorry about the lack of updating, I literally had no time to update my own blog the last few weeks.

Let alone the team blog which became my priority.

hislove4japan.wordpress.com

you can check that one for a few more stories. Its sort of a combination of peoples writings (including mine)

I'll try to update ya;ll with more cool stories as I write more down..

As of now I'm back in Kansas City and still getting over this extreme tiredness of a HUGE day of traveling yesterday.

I still am in desperate need of financial provision as I spent every penny I had in Japan
and then some, so now I am in the hole a little bit. That was the result of a mistake a friend made depositing money into the wrong account and me withdrawing what should have been there but wasn't. Things are tricky over-seas!!

Blessings and honor!.. and EVERY SINGLE DAY WAS WORTH IT :) :)
-Jeffrey Scott Simonson

Let Your Spirit Overwhelm Me

So I wanted to expound a bit on the whole spiritual warfare thing.

I've never really been to sure what spiritual warfare FEELS like.. I mean I've expierenced it before in ways like bad things happeneing in a row that seem coincidental.

But in Tokyo, I felt what I could only describe as an unexplainable weighty-ness at certain times. Especially when we ventured to downtown Tokyo, to the WTC and Tokyo Tower. It was so bad I had to get down on my knees in the rail station and cry out my love to Jesus... and again as a team at the Tower. After that second time I felt 100% better, which was very comforting but very noticably different. I will definetly make it a point to get on my knees more often ... my God inside of me is truly greater than he who is in this world.

Amen.

Osaka!!

Okay hello! Sorry I havn't updated my blog since I've been in Osaka very much :)

Long story short the church were staying at is AMAZING :)

Like the people are so cool.. the worship leader, "Masa" has long black hair and funky style but most importantly he is very hungry to try new things and join with us on our "IHOP stuff" hehe :)

Love it.

Its also refreshing that there are some Americans and English speakers as well, quite a few. We've been doing a bunch of ministry, and I've even been set free from the spirit of performance in a large measure.

...really theres no way a blog can capture the awesomeness of this trip :)

God has taken care of us SO much.

I have only had to pay for one small meal since I've been to Osaka, cuz I insisted.

The Japanese people are amazing, end of story.

-Jeffrey Simonson

Well...

Turns out the church were staying at has internet, and 4 computers for us to use.!!

So last night was pretty tight!!

We ended up going to Shubuya (spelling?) Crossing, which is the largest crosswalk area in the world pretty much.

We broke out in some caroling and worship/gospel music! Drew some small crowds and stuff and prayed over a good amount of people, etc made some friends :) very awesome.

On our way home we experienced our first train squish. and by that I mean getting on a subway so packed you have 5 Japanese men literally crammed against you on all sides. It was kinda funny, but my back hurt afterwards.

After that LONG day, we woke up this morning at 5 to board the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) for Osaka... it was pretty darn fast I'll just say! I got to see Mt. Fuji on my way over here!

Okay, now to sum up Osaka: Uhhh... awesome. Its like this HUGE... HUGE,.... HUUUUUUUGE HUGE HUGE never ending city, but it feels different then Tokyo, like a lot ... better. :)

And the people were staying with? Awesome...!
We straight up did a Harp & Bowl workshop on the spot for a few hours, taught them how we do it IHOP Style! It was awesome, got a intercession set going and at least two rapid fire lines going ;)

Then we did a 3 hour prayer meeting where our team played worship and prayed and invited the Holy Spirit to do good things. etc etc :)



Anyways I'm mega tired again/. haha. SLEEEEP.

Mega big props shout outs to B.Nosler, for bein the only one to let me know what she thinks bout my bloggin. haha

Love ya'll. Muchi muchi.

Goodnighto maxo, from JP

The CrossRoads

Hello.

First off, going to be a short update.
Must get up in 4 hours to catch some trains then board a 2.5 hour train ride on the Bullet Train to Osaka.

The church were staying at wont have internet so there probably wont be any updates realistically for the next week.

Long stories short:

Last night we had an amazing 3 hours prayer session where the Holy Spirit broke out.
Lots of crying and weeping, more Lord

Today we moved a LOT of furniture.
Went to umm Shubuyu (spelling?) Crossroads, which is probably the busiest crosswalk in the WORLD. It was amazing.

Did some caroling/gospel there and did outreach as well as praying for people. Very good things.

Anyways I forced myself awake to write this, I'm going to sleep now.

Pray for finances.
I've got about 5 dollars to my name in my pocket and not much more in my bank.

8052342376
is my mums number if you wanna help support me, shes the one to contact!

Love and blessings, pray for strength, fruitfulness, increasing of faith and heart.

Jeffrey Scott Simonson

Today!

So 4 of us went to the eye doctor and cell phone store today, and the rest of the 9 walked to the shopping mall nearby. I went to the mall :)

We did prayer walking and singing the whole way, and just sat and worshipped God in the courtyard for a good 25 minutes! Then we went in and prayer walked the store, played worship songs on a piano and attempted to treasure hunt. I was a little shy though.. the Language barrier is intimidating.

Now in a few minutes we are going to TCU (Tokyo Christian University) to minister and talk to some students. It is a very conservative school. Pray for favor and an open door for love.

Also pray for strength.

On a side note, the people here are so nice... :-]

but so many need hope and love, you can see it on their faces, especially the railways.

Jesus reigns!

Amen

Tuesday (Worship, T-Tower)

Yesterday was quite amazing, especially for a "day off"

We started it off by getting all ready, doing a hour and a half of corporate worship and then praying and ministering prophetically. Our Korean team mates really got called forth in their destiny, as we spoke the truth over them and broke some chains off them.

God also showed me a few things He wants to do with me in the future, including setting the captives free and how me and my wife are going to be symbols of hope (in Christ Jesus) for the hopeless.

Praise the Lamb! :)

After that we left for down town Tokyo.

We ate at a grocery bstore on the way there, and were entirely too loud (silly Americans :] ).

Then we continued walking to the railway, but our team leader Toni-Lynn forgot her inhalers and was having real trouble, so me and Paul Kim ran all the way back home and got them and had Jennifer drive me and him back to the group, where we then boarded the rail system.

Also it should be said that a lot of time is spent on the railways. We switch trains 2 or three times just getting from our house to where were going next, and many times the cars are super packed!!

Anyways, next we got off at the main Tokyo station and proceeded to go to the World Trade Center in Tokyo so we could see the Tokyo-Tower. Somehow we asked a few times on the 39th floor and a CEO of a company (which were pretty sure has very close ties to Exxon Mobile??) let us ALL into their private top floor party to have a grand view. Such favor.

Pray for that CEO, that he would be a Cyrus for the Kingdom of God in Japan.

Also pray for the door assistant Magumi, a very proficient English speaking girl. She spent a year in California, and sounded just like my Korean room mate back in Missouri, haha! Let God encounter her in a mighty way!

Anyways, then off to the tower! We boarded taxi's and got off.

We bought tickets and intended to go to the very top but when when we got to the main observatory which was halfway up, we found out the top closed at 9:30 (phooey!). .. but wow was the view AMAZING!. I even spotted a bridge over the Tokyo Bay that is lit up like a rainbow and every 15 feet there was a touch-screen with a time-lapse night to day view of your current position. There was also a 3x5' glass floor panel that you could walk over and that was pretty scary from up so very high, heh.

Long story short we went home after all that, debriefed and I fell hard asleep.

There is more to the story, such as the spiritual warfare that we encountered, but I will save that for my next post.

Blessings and honor and love to you,

Jeffrey Scott Simonson