ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <title>connecting with the Kindervaters</title> <style> <!-- div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#7C89A0" link="#000080" vlink="#64728B" alink="#800000"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="520" height="1014"> <!-- MSTableType="layout" --> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2" height="82"> <!-- MSCellType="ContentHead" --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingTableID="1" --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#800000" height="5"> <img alt="" width="1" height="5" src="../images/MsSpacer.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingType="content" --> <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="100%" valign="middle"> <p align="right"> <font color="#800000"> <img border="0" src="../images/mtitle.jpg" width="116" height="44" align="left"></font></p> <p align="right"><b> <font color="#800000" face="Arial">K</font></b><font color="#64728B" size="2" face="Arial">onnecting with the </font><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b> K</b></font><font color="#64728B" size="2" face="Arial">indervaters in Japan</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#7C89A0" height="5" width="100%"> <img alt="" width="1" height="5" src="../images/MsSpacer.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="95"> <!-- MSCellType="NavBody" --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingTableID="2" --> <tr> <td width="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingType="content" --> <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="84" height="100%" valign="top">&nbsp;<!--webbot bot="Navigation" S-Type="sequence" S-Orientation="vertical" S-Rendering="html" S-Bar="Tabular" S-Btn-Nml="&lt;A HREF=&quot;#URL#&quot; TARGET=&quot;#TARGET#&quot;&gt;#LABEL#&lt;/A&gt;" S-Btn-Sel="#LABEL#" S-Btn-Sep="&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;" S-Bar-Pfx="&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;" S-Bar-Sfx="&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;" B-Include-Home="FALSE" B-Include-Up="FALSE" U-Page="sid:1001" Tag="body" startspan --><table><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../indexretired200907.htm" TARGET="">Home</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../prayer.htm" TARGET="">Prayer</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../news_main.htm" TARGET="">News</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../Kapsules_archive.htm" TARGET="">Kapsules</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../elemalbum.htm" TARGET="">Photos</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../Videotop.htm" TARGET="">Video</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="mailto:sanbi4u-hp32@dvjapan.org?subject=from homepage" TARGET="">Contact&nbsp;us</A></nobr></td></tr></table><!--webbot bot="Navigation" i-checksum="4808" endspan --></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="913" width="425"> <!-- MSCellType="ContentBody" --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingTableID="3" --> <tr> <td height="100%" width="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingType="content" --> <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="10"> <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">Mysterious weeper |</font><font face="Arial" color="#800000"> Kapsule</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="2"> <font face="Arial">As the funeral for Mrs. Komori began, I noticed a lady at the back, wiping tears from her eyes. She caught my attention because she was the only one crying. Mrs. Komori was called into the Lords presence at 99-years-of-age after being unconscious for a year and a half. Her family was no doubt sad, but they were not crying. What was REALLY strange about the lady crying, though, was that she was one of the funeral-home employees! She didn t know Mrs. Komori, and she certainly should have been used to funerals! Yet, she cried through the entire funeral, just as she had cried through the entire service the night before. Strange, I thought.<br> &nbsp;<br> After the service we rushed off to the crematory, so I did not have time to talk with her, but just as the cremation ceremony was about to begin, she came up to me. <br> &nbsp;<br>  I work at the funeral home, she said,  but I had never seen a Christian funeral until today! Last night, you said that there is a God who will forgive sins. Since I heard that, I haven t been able to stop crying. Will he really? <br> &nbsp;<br> We had only a few minutes to talk before I needed to start the cremation ceremony, but I assured her that indeed God WILL forgive and she promised to come to church soon. Interestingly, of the millions of people in Tokyo, she is friends of someone in our church of 30! How long has God been working on this lady, I wonder!<br> &nbsp;<br> What incredible steps God goes to in order to save just one of us! Indeed, He does not wish for even one to perish. (2 Peter 3:9)<br> &nbsp;<br> Thank all of you who prayed for me. Leading a family I had never met through a very complicated funeral process (which I was not familiar with) in Japanese was far beyond my ability. After I sent an SOS to you, God really changed my attitude and gave me peace. Thanks for your prayers. They DO make a big difference.<br> &nbsp;<br> Warmly,<br> &nbsp;<br> David Kindervater <br> &nbsp;<br> P.S. <br> By the way, not only did God minister at the funeral, the night before as I was preparing, two young men came to the church (independently). One was interested, one was desperate. Neither had ever been to a church or read the Bible before. Two men in one night may not sound like much to you, but that is about a years-worth here in Japan! Thanks again for praying. <br> &nbsp;</font></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#7C89A0" colspan="2" height="19"> <p align="center">&nbsp;<font size="2" color="#C0C0C0">Serving with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Japan</font></td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>