Archive for July, 2008
Pray for a Harvest
Monday, July 28th, 2008On our trip to Niigata we drove through a mountainous area where many Japanese like to go and ski. Our car rode up and down the mountains and through numberous tunnels. One tunnel stretched about 10 miles through the mountain! Small towns were tucked in the valleys between the mountains. We talked about the fact [...]
Togane
Saturday, July 19th, 2008One of the things that I love the most about being in Japan is meeting Japanese. Part of the ministry of JGPNetwork is to distribute the Manga Bible, New Testaments, and the Hope DVD. During our day in the countryside we distributed the materials around a Buddhist temple. Shirley, a volunteer from Hawaii and I saw [...]
Religion Alive??
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Many people say that the Japanese are not a religious people, but traveling out to the village assured me once again that this statment is not true. Japanese Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples dot the countryside. They are found on hilltops, in neighborhoods, or tucked away in small yards.
On Shikoku, one of the four Japanese [...]