Do you ever have an experience that you wish you could keep clearly forever? In our guys' class last night, it was Yasuhiro's turn to teach the class. He shared about Haiti and did an excellent job. He gave a very thorough, informative overview of the nation and it's history and current situation. But it was the ending that was best.
This summer, he saw a show about 3 brothers in Haiti who were essentially orphans. Their mother died and their father was abusive, so they ran away in order to stay alive. Moved by their perspective on life, their compassion for others, and their refusal to become bitter amidst difficult circumstances, Yasuhiro shared the story and was obviously fighting back tears as he told it to us. The biggest impact was one of the brother's decisions to forgive his father and to attempt a healed relationship between them.
I silently prayed that God will open another door for me to share about His forgiveness through Christ for us. I felt my heart leap as I realized yet again a deeper level and stronger bond of friendship forming between the five of us (Gaku, Yoshinori, Yasuhiro, Ben and I). I thanked God for our upcoming trip to South Korea. I wished I could've frozen that moment in time.
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