Marrying A New Culture - Michael and Rachel Sawka Pt 1
Into The Fire
English - February 21, 2022 22:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality discussion catch the fire christian duncan smith god kate smith toronto partners in harvest theology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On Today's episode, we are joined by our precious friends Michael and Rachel Sawka. They share how the Lord birthed a passion in them for Asia, especially Japan, and the challenges and rewards of being placed by the Lord in a completely different culture than their own.
Michael and Rachel have been missionaries in Japan since 1999. Michael was raised in Japan as a missionary kid and Rachel was raised in the UK by parents who were Senior Pastors. They have been working with Ron and Teddy Sawka (Michael's parents) and the ministry they established in Japan since 1999. In 2004 Michael and Rachel took over leadership of the local church and in 2015 a network of churches in Japan called Arise5. In 2019, God led them to connect with Catch The Fire and with Ron and Teddy Sawka, they decided to join, as a network, and become a part of the Catch The Fire family. In April 2020, CTF Japan was established and later that year CTF Hong Kong and CTF Taiwan. Michael and Rachel became the senior leaders of the Catch the Fire Asia sphere in 2020.