Japan

I know that people say that you loose a day traveling the way that I did. I left at 10am on Wednesday and arrived on Thursday at 12:38pm, but the flight was only a little less than 13 hours. You could say that I lost a day, but in reality, I woke up at 6am and didnt get to sleep until 22 hours later, and even that was on a sweaty bus with a guitar jammed between me and the seat infront of me. I all seemed like a really looooong day to me. So, if I lost a day, it was the time of day when I should have been sleeping.

It was so good to see Mari again! I have heard people say that they feel some sort of spiritual heaviness as soon as they get off the plane. That, thankfully, has not been my experience. I was too excited to see Mari again! And not just that, but the whole opportunity to work in the Gospel is so exciting! The only weight I could feel that might be described as oppressive was the humidity.  :-)
Mari and I were able to talk a while in the airport while waiting for the bus to arrive that took us from Narita airport to the station closest to her house. In the past week, she has met with old friends from school and church. She invited one christian girl to her house who ended up expressing some things that were really troubling her. This girl had been holding it all in for a long time and all it took was Mari inviting her to her house, being friendly, and listening. Mari encouraged her through the scriptures and invited her to join us as we travel. The girl declined, but I hope that we have more opportunity to talk and pray with her. She is struggling with basic questions of faith and has been afraid to express them. I know that Jesus wants to help her.

It was really good to pray together this morning. God is so good, and its good to spend time with Him. He always comes and helps us pray as we give Him our hearts and seek His will in prayer.

There`s really not much more to say. I`m sure there will be more interesting stories and photographs as the trip progresses. But right now, its lunch time!

P.S. Please pardon the lack of apostrophes. I dont know how to type them on this keyboard. ha ha.