<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Nick Schultz — &quot;Sent to Japan&quot;</title><description>Following a team of eight from Mercy Hill Church to Kyoto, Japan in January 2027 — stories, photos, and ways to pray.</description><link>https://nbschultz.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Why Japan?</title><link>https://nbschultz.com/japan/why-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nbschultz.com/japan/why-japan/</guid><description>About a year and a half ago, God put something on my heart that didn’t make sense at the time: start learning Japanese. I had no trip planned and no reason to think I’d ever use it. I just started…</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;About a year and a half ago, God put something on my heart that didn’t make sense at the time: start learning Japanese. I had no trip planned and no reason to think I’d ever use it. I just started studying. Then our church announced that our vision for this year is Sent — a whole year of asking where God might be sending each of us. Looking back, I can see He was preparing me long before I understood what for. So in January, eight of us from Mercy Hill are going to Kyoto for nine days. We’ll be…&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>Faith</category><category>Team</category><category>Kyoto</category></item></channel></rss>