The Sweet Dropper

Sunday night, July 20: The Lord’s Day has been very good: breakfast buffet at hotel (VERY Japanese: nothing says ‘Good morning’ like onion rings, fried sardines, a chilled omelette and beef curryt good) . Taxi took us to Unification church (Sun Yung Moon’s cult) by mistake. They really wanted us to stay, but I told them I would stay if they let me preach Christ to them. They declined. A member drove us to the Presbyterian church. Wonderful people there. I spoke to them about our relationship with Kaz and about our church’s vision and values. We had covered dish dinner afterward, which was great. Members of the church shared their testimony with us. Many of them have come to faith in Christ and been baptized in the last five years. Nelson met some boys close to his age, and they spoke the international language of video games and movies. The boys were sad that Nelson is leaving tomorrow. A young lady in the church, Shio, went to Belhaven College with Danielle Temple and visited FPC Kosciusko a few years back.

Spent the afternoon at Kaz Yaegshi’s home. He is reovering from surgery in late June in which 55% of his stomach was removed. due to cancer. Good, edifying conversation. Nelson is an eager student of Japanese, and he is finding many tutors. Katie gave him a preschooler’s book to help him learn to write a little. Ate supper at Yaegashi home (sloppy joes, salad, fruit, and yogurt). Back at hotel, we walked through a giant grocery store right behind hotel, then came back to relax in the onsen spa on the top floor.