Thanks

A couple of Sundays ago after the Sunday evening message we broke up into little prayer groups and we all prayed. After my Japanese friend and I prayed he said "thank you." I looked at him and and asked what he meant by it. As he was beginning to swell up with tears he explained to me that he was beyond blessed to see all of us foreigners lifting up not only Sendai but all of Japan to God so that the nation may be saved. He just kept saying "thank you" for all of the prayers that are lifted up.

Our prayers for Japan will not go unheard, God will answer not only our cries but the cries of the Japanese people. On behalf of Japan thank you for always lifting it's people up.

The Calm

Outside of a ramen shop....not prison!

Right now things are calm, they are not at a standstill but...a calm. It feels almost strange but good at the same time....if you know me I am always moving about doing some sort of work. So I am accepting this 'break' slowly taking care of things and being on my toes eagerly waiting for the next thing the Lord gives me to do.

busy airport

Naha International Airport

I went to go pick up Tamiko and Keegan from the airport and the International area was buzzing with cameramen and photographers, you can even see a reporter there. I was hoping that I would be able to see who they were waiting for but Tamiko came out before the famous person did....O well.

A thing about Japan

the bottom of my bowl. it said thanks.

pick what you want and give the waitress the tabs

some of the friends (Naoko, Natsuki, Kazuki, Yoshua, Cotton)

Ramen, is what I like to think of as one of the staples of life. If you don't ever eat it and you live here in Japan how dare you call yourself a resident of this nation. I try to go eat this savory dish every couple months, and only every couple months because it gets pricy, ¥600 ~ ¥900 (almost $11), there are cheaper ramen joints out there but its not worth going to if you want something good....it's definitely worth the price. Anyways! A rather large group of us went to a place I've been to several times (Garyuya, its the name of the place) and man was it good, like take your time and savor each bite good (bummer thing is that you can't take your time with ramen cause it will get all soft on ya, then its kinda gross).

make sure to always slurp your ramen! (its the culture)

4th of July

You know how the 4th tends to go; a hot summer day with the men bbq'n, the kids running a muck and after all the work and eating the food, the finale! fireworks, the very things that help remind the average American of his and her freedom. We didn't have them, no fireworks on the 4th of July! What a bummer right?! It's like taking the turkey away from thanksgiving (kind of). It was a bummer but we were all blessed with the great fellowship, cool night and the opportunity to go on base.

Thank You Lord for the greater freedom that You have given to us.