Lee Ann and I boarded the 8:00 express train to Iwaki 13 minutes before departure. During almost two and a half hours on the train, I could quietly rehearse my 2-minute speech in Japanese lots of times!

Cross cultural encounters have us face the concept of time in many situations. Nita, a short-term volunteer shares her reflections as she experiences God’s Time in Japan.

Gordon and Lee Ann are serving in Yokohama, Japan. They write, “The Christmas season gives us numerous opportunities to share about Jesus! Please pray that we would be given the words and actions to demonstrate God’s grace. “

Last December, we had picked haukusai (napa cabbage) at M san’s farm. Now, we were invited back to plant seeds.

Happy to come home? We certainly were! We spent 32 days in the States this summer.