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We try to keep them short and interesting, including language bloopers, cultural points of interest, ministry updates and prayer requests. </font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a title="read more Kapsules" href="../Kapsules_ent.htm">read more</a></font></p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </td> <td bgcolor="#7C89A0" height="100%" width="5"> <img alt="" width="5" height="1" src="../images/MsSpacer.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" height="855" width="531"> <!-- MSCellType="ContentBody" --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="514" height="855"> <!-- MSCellFormattingTableID="3" --> <tr> <td height="855" width="514" valign="top"> <!-- MSCellFormattingType="content" --> <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-right: -1px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="right"> <b><font face="Arial" color="#64728B">Pursued |</font><font face="Arial" color="#800000"> Kapsule</font></b></p> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right"> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">07/16/2006</font></p> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <img border="0" src="../images/Tanakabaptism%20054.jpg" width="173" height="179" align="right">Eitaro walked through the doors of our church at Christmas last year. Until that day, he new virtually nothing about Christ or the Bible. As a high school student, he had purchased a Bible, read the first 18 verses of Matthew, and put it away. That was 45 years ago. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Suddenly, as he decorated a Christmas tree last December, Eitaro remembered that Christmas had <i>SOMETHING</i> to do with</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Christianity, though he was not sure what. H</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">e also remembered that some time ago, he had noticed a Christian </span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Church near where he used to live. And so, under the strong leading of our persistent heavenly Father, Eitaro made his way to Sengendai Church last December. &nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <img border="0" src="../images/Tanakabaptism%20062.jpg" width="300" height="200" align="right"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">As he sang the hymns,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> read the Bible and listened to the message that day, he couldn&#39;t help but cry. Something rang true; there was something almost nostalgic about it - although it was all new. He had fina</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">lly found the God who had pursued him for more than 45 years.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> In the next 7 months, Eitaro missed Sunday worship only one time. He shows up 45 minutes early to quiet his heart, and stays late into the afternoon for Bible study. &nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Eitaro is a successful, proper, diligent business man.&nbsp; And yet, hidden deep within is a story of broken relationships and a broken heart.&nbsp; Eitaro has met the One who died to reconcile men to God and to one-another. 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