Japan is not China. I guess we all knew that but it didn’t hit me as hard as the last couple days. Certainly there are similarities and both are incredible cultures and people’s but if one goes into one expecting the other, one will be in for a rude awakening.

Still we loved China and we are very much enjoying Japan. We’ve met several of our students since arriving, several recently married. Maki and Kohji with their son Rui, Shusuke and Yuko, Jun and JooKyung, and Amanda and Daiju have been incredible hosts for our family.

Next we head for Fukushima. Pray for safety in this place recently ravaged by earthquake and nuclear disaster. Pray that we can be an encouragement to family members there. Pray also that we cab physically handle the walking and other visiting stuff we’ve lived with the last three week.

Roy

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