Mission Updates & Bible Study

  • New Year’s Day In Japan: Hatsumode Temple Experience

    Hatsumode is, “a Japanese New Year’s tradition of visiting a Shinto or Buddhist shrine for the first time in the year and the word literally translates to “first prayer”.  I was graciously invited by a Japanese family to participate in the traditional New Year’s festivities of how non-Christian Japanese celebrate the new year. I’ve gotten

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