God is With Us!

Sean was speaking about God's people being in captivity, and also being at homes. He said, "He sees it that he [is] showing that God can move from Jerusalem to Bablyon. That some might have thought God was not with them in Babylon, but God was with them everywhere they went. I hadn't heard it described that way before, but I liked it."

Rusty and Brenda, on deputation, sometimes showed the Japanese flag. They came across a gentleman who evidently had been in World War II. He said that he had a hard time still "looking at that flag." The war is long over. General MacArthur had asked for 10,000 missionaries to be sent to Japan. The request was not honored. Now the country seems to be in spiritual darkness, but like Sean said, "God is everywhere we go."

Rusty and Brenda have the opportunity to bring some light into the darkness. They did make it to Japan. They had one delay of flight while they were in Chicago. That caused them to have to spend the night in Tokyo. They however, are settled into a house in Hokkaido, which is at least as far north as Canada. Here is a picture of the snow outside their door.



It would be wonderful, if the hearts of the Japanese people were opened, and they experienced something like the United States did in our earlier history. It would be great if that happened again here too. Whatever happens around us though, we know God is with us!