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I just read some surprising stats in a Japan Times article on the demand for counseling services in Japan, and the implication for Third Culture ministry. In addition to the rising number of expats in Japan calling the Tokyo English Life Line (TELL) for help, the article states that half of the callers are Japanese who call the English-language service rather than it's Japanese-language counterpart, Inochi no Denwa.

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Those who know me well know that surgeries to repair a large hiatal hernia have left me with a non-functioning LES (lower esophageal sphincter). In layman's terms, this means that my "eject button" is broken and I'm not able to vomit. At first, this may seem really cool, since no one likes to puke. But, as the saying goes, God has no hobbies, and He has designed everything for a very specific purpose. I never understood how wonderful it is to be able to barf until I couldn't anymore.

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I attended a JusticeNOW event last weekend at Newsong, and I didn't sleep very well that night. Yeah... it kinda messed with me. The theme of the evening was modern-day slavery: How children are conscripted to hard labor. How young girls are deceived — or even sold by their own families! — into forced prostitution. How those in desperate poverty are tricked into taking "loans" that can never be repaid. And I learned that human trafficking isn't a problem half a world away... it's going on right here in Orange County.

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I was out enjoying a chai latte and doing the Twitter thing on a warm and sunny Friday morning. And then I realized what my ability to buy that chai really means...

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