Yesterday evening, my sisters and I made an unusual visit to the Gushikawa Baptist Church. The pastor, Takashi Nishino, is a semi-professional table tennis player, and, in the past, young hopefuls have been drawn to church by his encouragement in the sport. Tonight was a ping pong session, complete with an automatic serving machine (like batting machine, except for ping pong).
The junior higher there so reminded me of my son when he was on his school team in jr-sr hi, I had to speak to him. Before going home, Pastor Nishino said he was probably closest to the top of junior high ping pong players on the island. Please pray he will find himself drawn close to the King of Heaven.
Right. Ping Pong Rackets are often called "paddles".
