Alcohol nearly destroyed everything—until an encounter with Christ changed his life forever.

Nitobe Memorial Garden is located in the campus of University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, from which I graduated. This garden commemorates the life of Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933). After Nitobe’s death his memorial plaque was built in the campus. Amid the anti-Japanese sentiment during the post-World War II era, the plaque was ripped out […]

My path up to this point has been truly supported by the prayers of many. I wholeheartedly believe I would not be where I am today without Jesus Christ’s guidance. I am a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where I earned my Ph.D. in linguistics. My Prayers Answered in Mysterious Ways When graduating […]

Nobuko: Our family lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Today, I am so thankful to be standing here on my two legs, breathing on my own, and to attend this World Holy Convocation at Lake Biwa. Sudden Illness Four years ago, I participated in the World Holy Convocation at Mount Myoko in Niigata, Japan. For spiritual […]

When my husband and I moved to Osaka in late August 1979, we left our youngest son, Habaku, in Tokyo as he had been accepted to a good high school there. A week later, on August 27, I received a call that Habaku had suddenly died of a heart attack while swimming in the ocean. […]

The town of Herrnhut is located on the eastern edge of Germany. Something is different there… a sense one gets from the air flowing through this quiet place. In my twenties I was delighted to read about the events that took place in this village in the eighteenth century. The Holy Spirit descended here as […]