God's new deal
When US troops captured the Pacific island of Okinawa towards the end of WWII they found it in a state of moral and social collapse. But as they gradually advanced through the island, they came to the village of Shimbakuku. There they were greeted by two men - one carrying a Bible.
John Benton
The soldiers entered the village cautiously, but were amazed to find everything neat and tidy, in contrast to the almost total chaos elsewhere. Why? 30 years earlier a missionary had stopped in Shimbakuku on his way to Japan. He didn't stay long and just two people, the old men, had become Christians.
