Not long ago, Mr and Mrs J. Payton visited Malaysian Navigators. He was the ex-national leader for Latin America region and now residing in Columbia. His humorous yet inspiring sharing livened up our spirit that night. When he started missionary work in Latin America (think should be Mexico), he was advised not to do any ministry on the first year. So as for the second year, and the years thereafter. Sounds great – no need to do ministry activity for missionary call (this was advised by J. Peterson though). After all, the essence of missionary is learning the culture of the local. One needs to love the local people. Out of love, you will begin to realize God is working. By the way, J is a very good singer. That night, he performed Michael Bolton’s “To love somebody”. Think he should join those singing talent contests.
After spending five days in Sendai, my visit here has finally come to an end. On my last day, I took a tour of the Kirin Beer Factory. I must say that the tour was quite informative—slightly better than the one I had at a beer factory in Malaysia. Visitors were able to touch, smell, and taste during the tour. We were served at least three different types of Kirin beer for tasting. Although the tour was short, it was uplifting. I had lunch at their restaurant, which was probably my most expensive meal during this trip to Sendai. In the afternoon, I took an Uber to Arahama Elementary School, which has now been turned into a museum. It is located on the eastern side of Sendai, an area that was hit by the tsunami following the earthquake on March 11, 2011. On that day, after the quake, the schoolchildren were evacuated to the rooftop of the building. About 27 hours later, they were all rescued. The school now exhibits the impact of the tsunami, the conditions on that day, and the aftermath...
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