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Steve had suffered under the brutal regime of his Japanese guards. He and his classmates at Chefoo school in China - for the most part the children of missionaries - had been interned in 1942. Resentment of the Japanese was a way of life. Could he possibly pray for them? Painfully, reluctantly, he found that he could, and his prayers sank deep. At the end of the war the China Inland Mission was seeking young men willing to go to Japan . Steve trained, packed and went. Thus began Steve's lifelong love of Japan. Over the years he would tussle with a culture where courtesy wins over truth; where suicide is an honourable choice; where to be foreign is to be forever alien. Time after time he would encounter miracles of healing, provision, and protection as God looked after him, his wife Evelyn and their growing family. In a resistant culture he would see many come to Christ. This is the story of how a boy's grudging prayers were remarkably answered.

Author Biography

Dr Ronald Clements moved with his wife, Anne, and young daughters to China in 1986, where he lectured in Civil Engineering at a university in Fujian Province until 1996. Ronald is now a full-time writer and researcher and lives in Kent. Steve Metcalf worked as a missionary in Japan for many years.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Biographee's Note 11
Sudachi (Leave Home) 14
Kinkou (Balance) 24
Kyuchi (Straits) 31
Torikago (Caged Bird) 37
Keisou (Relay Race) 42
Yoake (Daybreak) 50
Jiyu (Freedom) 59
Kyokuro (Winding Path) 68
Kadowomagaru (Turn a Corner) 75
Oten (Stain) 81
Iriguchi (Doorway) 88
Yoromeki (Faltering Steps) 95
Seika (Fruit) 106
Enro (Long Road) 118
Gyakufuu (Adverse Wind) 126
Aika (Song of Lament) 134
Ai (Love) 143
Kaika (Blossom) 152
Osaetakoe (Muffled Voices) 162
Wakai (Reconciliation) 170
Heisei (Peace Everywhere) 181
Kumiawase (Dovetail) 187
Hikitsugi (Take the Torch) 196
Kikoku (Return Home) 202
Afterword: The Eastern Lisu and the Work of George
"Eddie" Metcalf (1906–51) 209
Author's Notes 212
Bibliography 213
Notes 218

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In POW camp the dying Olympic runner, Eric Liddell, gave Steve his running shoes and challenged him to pray for the Japanese. But how could he?

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In a WWII POW camp the dying Olympic runner, Eric Liddell, gave Steve his running shoes and challengedhim to pray for the Japanese. But how could he? Steve and his classmates at the Chefoo school in China--for the most part the children of missionaries--were interned in 1942. Resentment of the Japanese, particularly the brutal prison guards, became a way of life.Eric Liddell, by then a missionary and fellow internee, and a hero to the boy, charged him with an impossible challenge--pray for his enemies. But was it really possible to pray for the men who stood guard over them with guns? Painfully, reluctantly, Steve began to pray and as he continued to pray, his heart was profoundly changed. At the end of the war the China Inland Mission (now OMF International) was seeking young men willing to go to Japan. Steve trained, packed, and went. Thus began Steve's lifelong love of Japan. Over the years he would tussle with a culture where courtesy wins over truth; where suicide is an honorable choice; where to be foreign is to be forever alien. Time after time he would encounter miracles of healing, provision, and protection as God looked after him, his wife, Evelyn, and their growing family. In a resistant culture--that at the time had been recently bombed by the Christian nation of America--he would see many come to Christ. This is the story of how a boy's grudging prayers were remarkably answered.

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In POW camp the dying Olympic runner, Eric Liddell, gave Steve his running shoes and challenged him to pray for the Japanese. But how could he?

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