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Osamu Sekiguchi Journals
May 11, 1997
Location: Lexington, Nebraska - Location: 40:46:51N 99:44:28W Elevation: 2389 feet
Summary: Sunday,
May 11, 1997 (Sunny & Windy Day)
Journal entry:
[Translated by Hajime Nakagawa]
We got up later than usual because it was Sunday. It is so different
to have breakfast at 7 instead of 5.
At 10 this morning, all of us gathered in an open area and had
Sacrament meeting since it was the Sabbath. This is a custom for
Sundays, and it's nondenominational. We do this to thank God.
People of the area joined us, and about 400 people gathered here
and prayed and sang hymns. Americans, who pray to God at meals,
in the mornings, and for all different occasions, might have a religious
life which Japanese don't have. The Mormon pioneers often prayed
in the wilderness as they moved toward Zion. In a sense, I thought
I understood their feelings through our prayer.
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