The new rice season has arrived in Japan, but there is an ongoing rice crisis. The Japanese are paying over 30% more for rice than before. This is a challenge because in Japan rice is the main dish rather than a side dish as in other places. Rice farmers are using new cultivation methods to increase the rice yields and less labor-intensive ways to farm, yet more and more aging farmers are retiring and not recommending their calling to those who are younger. But greater than a rice crisis the real problem in Japan is the lack of understanding of the free gift of the bread of life for all. Along with this, an ever-increasing number of pastors are retiring and not enough new pastors are rising to fill their shoes. Pray that the Lord of the harvest will call out new pastors to share the living bread that came down from heaven and that multitudes will find their deepest hunger satisfied in Jesus!