The hospitable Ryoku San or Mrs Saito whose willingness for us to pray for her despite fearing the displeasure of her husband. We prayed quietly in English and Japanese for a good five minutes or so and all this time, the husband, Saito San was kept at bay by God through Ernie and Ann, our co- workers from US and Hong Kong. We know the seed has been planted.

The persistent housewife, Meiko San or Mrs Sugimoto who on own first visit, asked us to pray for her home and her three year old son who now has asthma. The night we have our debrief, we were convicted to pray for her and also for a repeat visit as we felt the work with her is not complete. Two days later, against all odds considering many volunteers would via for jobs, not knowing the addresses of each job, we found ourselves at her house again. Both volunteers and victim were so delighted at seeing each other. She shared saying she had peace from our earlier visit despite all the challenges, had her request turned down by the volunteer centre to have our team again but kept praying for us. We told her we prayed too and truly God is at work. She revealed more of her family problem including teacher’s husband who will likely lose his job yet she seems to be at peace. We gave her a Christian literature to read and we ended our second visit by her telling us we should go and bless others just as we have blessed her. In the two visits we made to her house, we were joined in separate occasion by three volunteers, all prayed with us and one of them, Tsukamoto san received a bible from David, our missionary after subsequent fellowship.

Prompted by the Holy Spirit to make amend to a humorous misunderstanding with some of the Japanese volunteers, we bought ice cream for all 20 of us, 6 from Crash Japan and 14 non Crash Japan volunteers. God work through us such that the gospel was given to many of them, 10 of whom we have their contact details, 1 likely to read the Bible again and 3 would want to visit a church in their home town.

Most memorable day was when among 70 volunteers working at one site to clear debris, we boldly asked others to join the 14 of us in prayer before the start of work. More than 10, if not the same number as us joined hands forming a big circle praying in Japanese. Initially we regretted not taking any photos to capture the moment but realized later it could be that God don’t want us to “bind” His power as His reign is endless. This was a beautiful picture that God allows us to see a glimpse of His Sovereignty and Glory.