!Eternity in every Minute! When I got my iphone I could download an app with an alarm and set it several different ways. The alarm clocks of today have various sounds by which we can wake up. Many of them talk, sing or laugh until its owner is wide awake. One that has proven to…
BIGGEST BABY MIRACLE According to the Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, an average of 2,935 babies were born each day last year (2011) in Japan. Of the births that occurred on Oct 31, 2011 – the day the world’s population topped 7 billion – many were to parents who had suffered as a result…
I am a grandmother–there were other parents and grandmothers and grandfathers involved in the horrible killing on this December day who now only have memories for this Christmas instead of special small ones to hold close and dear. Mine aren’t close but at least I know others who will be able to hold them close.…
Natto Natto is fermented soy beans. The beans are boiled, wrapped in straw and left to ferment for several days. They have vitamins, fiber and protein and thus are a good source of nutrition. Natto dates back at least 1000 years and eventually became a favorite of people living in Edo, the capital city of…
Dear Praying Friends, November 2012 Genesis 50:19, 20 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. We…
NAGAREYAMA, Japan — After a long night at work as a radio DJ, Junko Suzuki likes to snuggle at bedtime — and she says she’s found the perfect partner: a man-shaped pillow. Linen maker Kameo’s new “Boyfriend’s Arm Pillow” — which consists of a headless torso and a stuffed arm that curls around the sleeper…
Schools in Japan are beginning to introduce classes to help children deepen their understanding of elderly nursing care-related issues, such as Arthritis and Alzheimer’s. Such classes take place at primary-, middle- and high schools across the nation. Children gather in the gym to get hands-on lessons to understand the physical and mental disabilities that afflict…
Did you know there is a Kamaboko Day?! November 15 isn’t a national holiday here in Japan, but it’s an auspicious day nonetheless for the specialty, Kamaboko that finds itself on the table of just about every Japanese home. Kamaboko is made from steamed white fish mashed into a paste, seasoned and shaped to form…
Guidance systems for the visually impaired to traverse crowded city streets with ease and safety have been at work for many years in Japan. On the left side of the sidewalks are raised striped and dotted tiles, easily ‘read’ through the feet of those visually impaired as they walk on them. Other conventional facilities such…
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it. Luke 5:13 Jesus used this parable to teach the hypocritical and self righteous Pharisees (verse 2) the value…