Marcel presented his revised speech to me, still needing work and concision. In the middle of the speech he is to tell a quick story from a trip since the focus is on communication through blog writing with storytelling. He had a choice between three items from his last trip to Japan. Of these, one immediately fell away as he began to explain it, and dismissed it as inferior to the others. With concise well-chosen wording, I believe he can bring the two experiences from the Temple visit into his speech with sufficient time. One is the smoke inhalation ritual for the purpose of purification (opposite of us running from the dangers of breathing in smoke), and the coin toss into the slotted box. Marcel did not know the reason for this, so we researched it. It is to accompany prayer. If you are at a shrine, the prayer is for happiness or success; if you are at a Japanese Temple (like Marcel was) the prayer is for being saved in the afterlife. Concisely, the smoke ritual is for purification and health, while the coin tossing prayer is for the afterlife.