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2007年05月17日
The Church in Japan: The Najio House Meeting
For many years now Reiko and I have had the privilege of holding house meetings at the home of Mr. H in Najio which in near Takarazuka in Hyogo Prefecture. The people who attend are all in their 70s or 80s and most of them come from multi-generational Christian homes. Through talking with these people I have learned what it was like to be a Christian here in Japan during the war years and what it was like to live in a Christian home at a time and in an area where such things just did not exist. I have come to have a great respect for the men and women who came to know Jesus over 100 years ago and who then passed on their faith to their children in the midst of great tribulation.
For example, I learned that there was nowhere in Kansai for Christians to be buried as all the graveyards were run by Buddhist temples. Finally, the city of Kyoto took pity on the Christians and provided a graveyard high up on a mountain there. I visited that graveyard and saw the tombs of many missionaries and Christans of 100 years ago. Even Niijima Jo, who founded Doushisha University, had to be buried there! Later, when the lady who first asked us to hold house meetings in Najio died, I held a burial service for her there at her Christian family tomb.
Today, Reiko and I again visited Najio and had a wonderful time of fellowship,singing hymns, prayer and reading the Bible together. The main verses we looked at today were Hebrews 11:23 and Hebrews 11:27. We were challenged not only by the faith of Moses but also by the faith of his parents. May we also hold that kind of faith today!
投稿者 bethany : 2007年05月17日 17:53
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