It was a great chance for me to go to kindergartens owned by christian organisations.

I was born and raised in non-Chirstian family, both parents are Japnese, mother from Shintoism family, and father from one of the Japanese herestic Buddhistical sects. So if there were any other kindergartens nearer than thouse, my first contact with Catholicism could be my marriage or, perhaps, funeral.

But it took much more years, even dacades to decide to approach the life as a Catholic.

In Japan the percentage of the Catholic is less than 10 in the population, the Catholic officials said, and I guess the real number would be much less. That means you can not reach Catholic churches easily if you live in suburban areas, or regions far from Tokyo, the capital.

I had believed in the God and prayed in my own ways in my childhood, however, I forgot the ways through some life events in which I felt there were no help whatsoever, and untill turned 23 year-old or so, I couldn’t remember the hope for Jesus Christ.

Now I can find many sites, blogs, and podcasts, wherever I live. And I’m getting knowledge how to be like other “baptised” catholics. But I still don’t know what is to be with Jesus as a Catholic.

About half a year ago, I sent an e-mail to the “Daily Breakfast” soon after the request for information about a Catholic life in Japan, writing that I was seeking the excuses to make my family and husband understand why I want to believe in the God, and was almost feeling that I was trying to “do religion, rather than be religious”. And Fr. Roderick, the host said back in the following show, “just pray” anything to the God.

Since then I’m praying and, finally, feeling I’m on a road to the Lord. Or, on a road with the Lord.

I have rather avoided to go to church, because I felt it was too much for me to learn new things, in order to let myself understand first and explain it to my family and husband second.

Well, but maybe now I’m ready.