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I didn't order anything...

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But it has your name and address

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Oh...okay. Thank you

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I grew up in what you call a typical home

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My father was what you call

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a very strict father

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and going into university was like walking

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on the rail tracks that he laid before me

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In university, I majored in Mechanical Engineering

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If you ask, it wasn't like I had any dream, hope,

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or a specific job I wanted for the future

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therefore, I dropped out of university

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and began to drink alcohol

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and spent my days drinking

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I was living in the U.S. during that time

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and it was then that my mother

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came to my town where my university was

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to attend a church camp

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It just happened that

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the rice cooker I was using, broke, and

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I asked my mother to bring me a new one

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When I went to get the rice cooker

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my mum said, "Since you're here,

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why not stay behind for the evening session"

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and encouraged me to stay

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Since I spent most of my childhood days overseas

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due to my father's job,

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I was more comfortable speaking in English

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Therefore, it was quite ironic

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that my mother had come

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to attend a Japanese camp conducted in Japanese

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so I felt a special sense of God's leading

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The speaker that was supposed to speak that night

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couldn't speak that evening,

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so another speaker spoke instead

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This other speaker spoke that night

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of Jesus Christ

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and the Gospel of Jesus Christ

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I had always thought of God to be

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someone high above the sky

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but I had never thought of God to be someone close by

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In the end the speaker asked

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if anyone wanted to believe in Jesus Christ

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For some strange reason,

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when I heard those words I knelt down,

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began to shed tears

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and made the decision

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to believe and receive Jesus Christ into my life

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I realized that it's not what I could achieve,

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it's not because of my capabilities,

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but because I understood for the first time

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that there is someone that accepts me

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just the way I am

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And the one that accepts me just the way I am

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is Jesus Christ

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My life then changed 180 degrees

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Later on I returned to Japan

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and got married to my wife

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Seeing and understanding that there are many youths

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going through the same thing that I went through,

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being worried about the same problem,

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unable to have a dream or hope for the future

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as I struggled with in my university years,

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I began to think if there is anything I can do for them

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This joy and hope that was given to me

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I now began to strongly desire

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to bring to the young people

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My new dream that I have now

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is to bring the same joy to the young people today

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You may not understand everything now,

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but God has a special purpose for you,

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that is why God created you

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Mummy and daddy will do our best to raise you

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so that you may find

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that special purpose for your life

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As a promise

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we will release this red balloon into the sky