A loneliness whose foreign youth came from the Philippines

He came to this country to preach Christianity, and he was troubled. Originally he was born in the Philippines and was Catholic or something, but he said that a few years ago he converted to a new denomination.

His name is called Jack.

I think he is only around 20 years old. He came to Japan six months ago, because he decided to live in a town in the northern region of Japan and work at a church there. That's when he met me.

He was very serious and tried to understand the Japanese people. And he also tried hard to spread his religion. At that time, a large earthquake occurred in this region. It was January 1st of this year.

That was a very big earthquake. So I sent him multiple emails asking if he had been affected by the earthquake. He replied that he was fine.

This is just my guess, but it seems like his family was having some big problems. This was when he lived with his family in the Philippines. However, the Catholic Church was of no help to them. That's when a new religion reached out to his family. So he chose to convert his entire family.

Jack decided to work for the church, and he came to Japan as a young missionary.

Japanese cities are by no means a good place for young foreigners to live alone. The local town where he settled was not bad, but few people understood his religion.

Living alone in a Japanese city may be convenient, but it is not easy. Many young people feel lonely in the city. I also have lived alone in the city, so I can understand this very well.

If you live in a city and are busy with work, most of your meals will consist of bento boxes bought at convenience stores. I ate a bento from a convenience store for breakfast, I ate a bento from a convenience store for lunch, and I ate a bento from a convenience store for dinner. Have a cold bento. That's a very lonely meal.

Jack said to me. "Japanese people have no problem with God." I thought it was the "Japanese wall" he was running into. There is a god in Japanese beliefs as well. So, in other words, he doesn't understand the beliefs of the Japanese people.

Few Japanese people understand his religious activities. He must feel very lonely living in Japan.

His emails that were sent to me stopped coming. A month has passed since then. He's probably still working at a church in some town in Japan today.