it remains true that He has risen

Honjyo-san scared me when I first saw him.  He’s really tall and quiet, and he has an unsmiling face.  Like this:

Don't you love the family portrait action? He's the second gentleman from the right.

He looked like a strict Japanese man who crossed all his ‘t’s and never walked out of the house bare footed (big deal in Japan). Doi-Sensei told us that we were having dinner at the Honjyo’s house, and I was a bit nervous.  I thought I would have to really watch my behavior and my words around him.

During dinner time Sarah, Doi-Sensei, and I were sitting near Honjyo-san.  I asked him how he met his wife and he shared the sweetest story about how the attraction wasn’t there initially, but how the Lord brought them together and made them one.  Maybe the contents were not all that spectacular, but his voice was the gentlest I had ever heard, and everything he said just sounded that much more gracious and kind.

He shared his testimony, and I was surprised to find that I could understand most of what he was sharing.  I was interpreting a bit for Sarah, but there was one part where I had to pause and swallow my tears before telling Sarah what he had said.
At the conclusion of how the Lord saved him, Honjyo-san spoke of the amazing truth of the gospel.
“I am still so weak and continue to sin, but it remains true that He has risen from the grave.  He has saved me from my sin, and I keep on remembering it.”