Raiders of the Lost Arcade

On Sunday there was a huge procession that passed right in front of our church building. Groups were carrying portable shrines on their shoulders.

 A shrine looks a bit like a pimped-out ark of the covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark -
One of the shrines, on display at the 100 Yen Store next door

 In our church we have young people in their 20s and 30s, some middle-aged adults... (and one 5 year old). Our people are open and excited (and some of them aren't even quite saved yet), but they're coming to church, and they love handing out flyers!

 There were thousands of people, and shrines all over the place, so our guys were out in the middle of everything, inviting these parade-goers to church!
Brother Hiro, looking happier than his paisanos
Sister Mitos keeps an eye on Bernice (who loves "flyering")
Wow! How can you compete with THIS?
Takayoshi did ok for his first outreach!
It may look like only a drop in the bucket, but we're not dripping - we're planting seed!
There are 127 million Japanese and only one missionary per 54,000 people. The Japanese are completely unfamiliar with the Bible and basic tenets of Christianity. In it's entire history, this nation has never experienced a Holy Spirit revival of any kind. Statistically speaking, Christianity peaked in 2007, and has been in slow decline ever since.

It sounds to me like God is getting ready to move in a POWERFUL way!

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