After-thoughts
It has been 3 weeks since I've returned from Tokyo, Japan. These 3 weeks in Japan was simply smashing, wonderful and an experience. Perhaps, some people would not call it a ministry or mission. But since this was my first time, I felt that God was very good towards me.
I really have great fear to go out into the streets and talk to people, not just people, but strangers. And to do it in a foreign land where we had language problem was really a tough nut to crack. But then again, sometimes I felt that it would probably be much easier in Japan than in Singapore where we know people, or rather, where we belong. In a foreign land, your guts seem to be stronger and you can tend to be bolder. In fact, being different allows me to break ice with these Japanese. Just tell them, I'm from Singapore and want to talk more to them, and being nice, they would say okay, and allow me to join them.
They are really friendly and hospitable. They really go all out to make you feel welcome.
And I really saw that these Japanese need God. They claim to be Buddhists or Shintos, but in fact, they only go to the temples and shrines when there's festivals or when they feel like it. Most of them go because they followed their parents or grandparents. They don't really understand what it meant to have a personal God. Through us, they saw love and care for one another. This makes them feel wanted and perhaps, envious. They are very lost and lonely. One of my Japanese friends told me that they are very lonely. And perhaps, their main religion is to work, work, work. Gospel to them is a very new thing and they are interested to know more. Alot of them have never heard of the gospel.
If you believe that they are very advanced, perhaps they are, in technology. But the people there rarely have time for world affairs. They rarely watch TV, or watch movies. Even if they do, their programmes are either Japanese, or American. They are oblivious about other parts of the world.
If I really have a chance, I would like to go back to Japan and do God's work. It is a difficult land to work in, but there's plenty to do.
I really have great fear to go out into the streets and talk to people, not just people, but strangers. And to do it in a foreign land where we had language problem was really a tough nut to crack. But then again, sometimes I felt that it would probably be much easier in Japan than in Singapore where we know people, or rather, where we belong. In a foreign land, your guts seem to be stronger and you can tend to be bolder. In fact, being different allows me to break ice with these Japanese. Just tell them, I'm from Singapore and want to talk more to them, and being nice, they would say okay, and allow me to join them.
They are really friendly and hospitable. They really go all out to make you feel welcome.
And I really saw that these Japanese need God. They claim to be Buddhists or Shintos, but in fact, they only go to the temples and shrines when there's festivals or when they feel like it. Most of them go because they followed their parents or grandparents. They don't really understand what it meant to have a personal God. Through us, they saw love and care for one another. This makes them feel wanted and perhaps, envious. They are very lost and lonely. One of my Japanese friends told me that they are very lonely. And perhaps, their main religion is to work, work, work. Gospel to them is a very new thing and they are interested to know more. Alot of them have never heard of the gospel.
If you believe that they are very advanced, perhaps they are, in technology. But the people there rarely have time for world affairs. They rarely watch TV, or watch movies. Even if they do, their programmes are either Japanese, or American. They are oblivious about other parts of the world.
If I really have a chance, I would like to go back to Japan and do God's work. It is a difficult land to work in, but there's plenty to do.
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