A few years back, my family took a mission trip to Japan. We went to three cities in particular. They were Kamigori, Sanyo, and Wake. The sad part is ,only 1% of the Japanese people are Christians. Now where there is a lot of people of Japan, the number is still depressingly low. These 1% are very discouraged because there is not a lot of people practicing and following the same things they are. That is why they like when other Christians come around. Plus we were American! Our sole purpose of the trip was definitely not just the sight seeing, but to encourage the few Christians.
We visited three churches, each in one of the three cities we went to. We made amazing connections with mothers and children, as well as whole families. I got to try new food I have never tried before such as octopus, and see sights that most people only see in text books. These were things like Hiroshima and the women dressed in their kimonos.
Kimonos were not the average outfit for women over there. They for the most part dressed just like Americans. However in some of the bigger cities where is was touristy, or if there was a wedding, they would dress in the traditional Japanese attire.
Japan was an incredible opportunity to not only see more of the world, but to be an encouragement to others even way across the world.
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