I am writing this from Okinawa, the southernmost island of Japan. I will be holding an Arise conference at Yomitan International Church (YIC), pastored by Glenn and Sue Kennedy, who have been connected with us since way back in the nineties. Theirs was one of the first churches that we ventured out to “activate” in the prophetic. This church has been an important doorway for the whole island of Okinawa, and they have faithfully and powerfully trained many in the prophetic and apostolic.

Interestingly, just a week ago I was in our Arise church in Towada, Aomori, on the extreme north of mainland Japan. We declared revival in the north. I believe we are to declare revival in the south as well.

We have some of the most powerful meetings here. There is a strong presence of God and great liberty. I look forward to what the Lord will do this weekend. I am planning to teach on the Apostolic Center and how God uses them to bring an open heaven to the whole region.

Walking With God Is For Now, And For All The Time...Not Some Supernatural State We Try To Attain!

Recently, we were discussing some of the hallmarks, or basic “mindshifts” that God brought to us as He shifted us into being “apostolic people.” One is that He wants us to walk with Him now. I think many of us have felt this is indeed a noble goal, but is beyond our present reach. Perhaps we think it will only happen when we get more spiritual. No, God wants us to do this daily, all the time. He longs to walk with us, and be with us.

“As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways [of indifference to God]...(Ps 125:5, AMP).” It’s very interesting that He calls indifference to God (forgetting about Him because we are too busy) as crookedness.

3 Things To Help Us Walk With God
(So, How Do We Walk With Him?)

* Ask Him to help us do so. Ask Him to help us remember Him in all things and not to be indifferent.
* Be thankful. I love 1 Cor 8:3. “But if one loves God truly [with affectionate reverence, prompt obedience, and grateful recognition of His blessing], he is known by God [recognized as worthy of His intimacy and love, and he is owned by Him] (AMP).” In other words, when we recognize His blessings and thank God, we begin to feel affectionate reverence.
* Pray about everything – all the little details, even in the midst of doing them. This will result in remarkable answers, and will cause great increase in thanks, resulting in more affection and obedience. Look at 1 Cor 8:3 again.

Refreshed in August, Thankfulness

Thank you so much for praying for us. Except for a trip to Korea, I was mostly home during August, with weekend ministry trips to Sano, Osaka, and Aomori. So, there was lots of rest, and Teddy and I feel very refreshed.

As always, it is a special treat to be able to vacation with our family. Mike (our eldest son) and his wife Rachel (and their two children, Jamie and Ashlie) work with us in Japan, as does our third son, Pete. Our second son, Andrew, and his wife Andrea are a bit farther away (Sri Lanka), but we are all in Asia.

We are also thankful that we are connected with so many wonderful people like you. We thank the Lord for His goodness to us. He keeps shaping, healing, helping, and adjusting us. God really is so good!

Let’s Focus On God’s Goodness And On Loving Him

Instead of writing a list of things to pray for this week, I felt I should just thank each of you again for standing with us, and that I should speak (well, write) the blessing of the Lord over each one. Be refreshed in the Lord and may we all know His love more and more and more!

God bless you.

Ron and Teddy Sawka

Let’s ask the Lord to continue to help us root out entrenched mindsets of deprivation, or “I have to do it myself.” Also, ask the Lord to show us areas of self-centeredness and failures in speech that, unbeknownst to us, are causing hindrance in our lives.

Special Events

** September 17-18
C. Peter Wagner and Che Ahn
Transfer of Wealth

** Oct 14-17
Apostolic Prayer Journey to Sri Lanka

** Nov 6-11  Myanmar
Apostolic Prophetic Training

About Us:

Ron and Teddy Sawka are founders and leaders of Arise International. They have established and continue ministries in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Russia. They also minister in Taiwan, Guam, Singapore, and Burma. Their base is Japan, where they have ministered since 1975.

"Arise" is the name of a new apostolic network that they are preparing to launch. It aims to be a prototype apostolic network, not only for churches and leaders, but also for marketplace ministers, business people and house churches with a specific aim of modelling apostolic centers for breakthrough for a region.

Affiliations:

Board of Governors, Christian International, Bishop Bill Hamon

* Global Spheres, Chuck Pierce

* International Coalition of Apostles, C. Peter Wagner

Advisory Board of Arise Network:

* Barbara Yoder - Shekinah Glory, Michigan

* Dale and LuAnne Mast - Destiny, Dover, Deleware

* Alex and Rosetta Florence - Joseph's Storehouse, Alberta, Canada

* Rich and Wilma Marshall - ROi Leadership International

Apostolic Supporters, Members of Arise: Send Us Your Prayer Requests

I am so glad for the emails and messages you send. Thank you. We want to see your prayers answered and see each one advancing in the destiny God has for us.

Thanks for aligning with us,
Ron and Teddy Sawka

Donor Information:

USA: Christian International, PO Box 9000, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 USA . Funds must be designated to "Sawka Mission Fund" instead of "CIAsia".
Or, you may give via Harvest Fellowship (Please note the address change.)
1025 NW 6th, Ardmore, OK 73401.
CANADA: Joseph's Store House, 21530 103rd Ave, Edmonton, AB T5S2C4 Canada
TAIWAN: Chinatrust Bank:
Account 42854-041347-0
OTHERS: Please contact us for details for direct bank transfer.

Schedule

Sept 3-5: YIC, Okinawa, Japan
Sept 7-9: Bintulu, Malaysia
Sept 10-12: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Sept 17-18: Hosting CP Wagner and Che Ahn in Sano, Japan
Sept 19: First Fruits (as well as Feast of Tabernacles), Sano,
Sept 21-23: Agape, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Sept 24- Oct 3: Taipei Holiness, Taiwan