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Every twenty years in Japan, something remarkable happens. At the Ise Grand Shrine, one of the most sacred Shinto sites in the country, the entire shrine is carefully dismantled and rebuilt from scratch. Craftsmen have done this for over 1,300 years, not because the structure is failing, but because they…
*Becoming Hope* “Your new language name is Aasha (आशा),” my language teacher said on the first day of class. “It means Hope.” Thus began our language journey. Now, after completing three language learning phases in a year, it was time to begin a new journey—in another language—to connect more deeply…
Bending at the waist, I extended my hand. Positioned as I was, the monk either had to run me over, walk around me or stop. A quizzical smile appeared on his face as he took the two gospel booklets from my hand. “Happy New Year!” I said in English, a…
I just do not have time for the two-hour Japanese class tonight . . . I debated back and forth with myself multiple times throughout the day. Go. Don’t go. Go. Don’t go. Too much to do, so little time, and avoiding one class would not hurt. But every time…
“This gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations . . .” (Matthew 24:14). As field directors, we see a wider swath of the world than we did when working in one country. General global trends have become more evident, and…
Pulling into the small covered parking lot in front of the language school, I park my electric scooter next to the other motorbikes. Across from the school flows the large river that forms the border. Inside the school, I greet the receptionist and chat about the weather in the local…
Tuesday afternoon, I walked down the hill to our small market. Although the market is short on good garden food, it is “the place to be” for local community news, announcements and simply enjoying being with everyone. I purchased a packet of fried bananas and sat down in the shade…
“So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God” (Matthew 5:23-24). Have you ever…
“Hey, did your wife complain about me when she came back from church last Sabbath?” evangelist and church elder Hyacinthe asked his colleague Daniel. “Oh, she was fuming, and so were the other ladies. What on earth did you do?” replied Daniel. Hyacinthe laughed, and we all wondered why he…
Alexis caught the evangelist’s attention. At 15, Alexis and his brothers and sisters had been attending the church and studying for baptism. In 2016, his mother and his father’s second wife were baptized and went to church for a couple of years. However, like many others, they stopped going amid…