Hey all, Andrea here today, decided to give Megan a break :) So I had already written this Blog entry about 5 minutes ago but then me, being technologically/Mac challenged, went and deleted the whole thing!! Gah!! So for the second time..We arrived in Hoshida on Wednesday and it is now Sunday evening; our first full day was Thursday, we spent pretty much the whole day at the church joining in on english classes. In the evening our team had some much needed down time and decided to spend it learning about another culture... Greece ...... watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding!! It was a wonderful time. We've spent the other days running kids english classes, enjoying many lunches and suppers at the church, and just having some relaxing time at the Bien's. We've had a great time getting to know Tanaka Sensei and his family (He is ridiculously funny!) Last night we were invited to attend Korean Night at another church about half an hour away; it was really cool, it was a campus crusades group from South Korea of six young adults. They performed some traditional dances, drimes, music, Thai Kwon Do, and Testimonies; THEN they treated us to a delicious traditional Korean meal! So good and not even very spicy! Today we ran kids Sunday School and did some sharing and singing during the church service; in the afternoon they put a movie on in the chapel... anyone ever seen The Little Prince? If you haven't, don't! Pretty sure that movie was made in the seventies and it is just bizarre! It was actually pretty entertaining just because it was so dumb; Megan would have liked to laugh through out the entire movie because it was so interesting but being in the room with Japanese men and woman in there seventies who aren't even snickering at the funny parts, kind of held her back. After that we lay around the apartment for awhile before going to the onsen once again! It was wonderful, if any of you ever travel to Japan you must visit one of these public baths! It's almost like a spa, very relaxing once you get over the fact that your surrounded by naked strangers.
Tomorrow is our last day here in Hoshida and we will be going to Kyoto, a very old Japanese city, for site seeing. Some members of the church will be taking us and we're all really looking forward to it; like I said it is one of the older cities with lots of historical sites so it should be really interesting.
Thanks for all the prayers! I can honestly say that they are felt; if you could continue to pray for team unity, energy, and joy in serving Jesus that would be great! Bye for now!
Megan Tidbit: "It's incredible to see how english classes can be such an outreach to the non-christian and buddhist population of Japan. I find it completely ironic how the other day, we were teaching one of these classes how to sing "Our God is Greater" and they seemed to be loving it! Please continue to pray for the english classes and people like the Bien's!"
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Playing tag with the kids
Hiking in the mountains for breakfast
Korean night!
Sunday School
Megan nice to see your sporting that cross current t shirt in japan! haha. Thanks for the update! Looks and sounds like you guys are having a great time with the kids out there! That is pretty crazy awesome that they are loving singing songs like Our God is Greater, even tho it's in a non christian community. Wow well not must else to say other then God is amazing, With God anything is possible! Prayers out to you guys, and all the people you are working with!
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ReplyDeleteEnjoyed reading your post as always. Yes, the Little Prince is a seventies film. I remember seeing it in Hollywood, Calif, and I was eleven at the time, you do the math. :) I have a friend who is from the Czech Republic, and the book is his all time favorite... hum. He loves the psychological points that are through out the book. I love him, but he is a little on the strange side.
I share your enthusiasm in ministering to the people, and of course to the wonderful children...what an experience. Thank you for sharing what God is doing through you for these people. Technology is just another wonderful creation of Gods, in connecting the church body no matter how far we are. We are all in His service.
And Andrea... don't feel so bad, about being Mac. challenged. Zach might remember the time he and Jim had to come over and help me with a little movie I made for a school assignment. And I still don't get it. :(
Prayers going out to the 4 of you, and to the people of Japan.
Sherrill