Yesterday, the kids and I visited a local elderly folks home. We started going there to teach our kids concern for the weak. However, the elderly folks, who are so lonely, love to see our kids. So we go there regularly. The above grandmother‘s eyes brighten up when she sees us and she asks us to visit her as often as we can.Japanese society is aging significantly. One way the church can serve Japan is not only through visiting the elderly in these homes, but also through working in these homes. People are slow to work in these places and they often are quick to quit, because it is hard work that is poorly paid. Japanese Christians can be moved by the compassion of Christ to serve these precious people and thus glorify Christ.
"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat." Mother Teresa
Read this article on "the aging of Japan."
