A 37-year-old Japanese woman earns $2.00 per hour working as a receptionist in a Shinto shrine, taking phone calls from people who call about everything from business to personal problems. She presents the problems to the Shinto priest, and together they offer prayers to the Shinto gods as well as to the ancestors, in order to help these people solve their problems. She often does this at night, and her shift ends at 5 a.m. When things are slow, she surfs the Internet, and recently looked for someone with whom to practice English. She connected with a Christian who has served as a volunteer in Japan. He can speak Japanese, and has begun to witness to her. He sent her the Book of John electronically, and she has begun to read it. She is suffering from heartache, because she was financially ruined by a con-man in a bad business deal 10 years ago. She feels that no one would want to marry her now that she is 37, an age that some Japanese consider too old. Pray for A.E., the Christian man, as he continues the connection with F.O., the Japanese woman. Missionaries John and Nancy Norton hope to make a personal connection with her when they return to Fukuoka after stateside assignment. Intercede for God's Word to touch her so that she can open her heart to healing and salvation in Christ. Pray that she will be protected from the evil one as she begins her search for God
