She Wasn't Adopted

Keiko was an energetic young lady who even pastored a country church when we first met her.She was born during the war years and life must have been very difficult for her family.  Especially since they were dedicated Christians and so didn't turn toward Tokyo to worship the Emporer, for one thing.  The were definitely in the minority.  Her Mom even said that Jesus once appeared to her in person, and she was so touched that for some time she went door to door witnessing for Him.

We became friends with Keiko's parents and were once invited to their home.  As I listened to her Mom talk about when she carried Keiko in her tummy, I was surprised.  Surprised because Keiko had told me that she was adopted!

I confronted Keiko and she became angry, maintaining that her story was right!

That upcoming New Year's time when they gathered together as a family, as most Japanese do, this adoption issue came out in the open and suddenly all 4 of the children admitted they thought they were adopted, but all had kept it to themselves.  Those were days when most people didn't discuss and ananalyze as is so common today. It seems possible that this was one way their unbelieving neighbors sought to make inroads into the lives of the children of this Christian family.  That New Year's time they got the air cleared and for years, until his death, Keiko's Dad sent us a present at New Year's.