I’ve been in Tokyo for about a week now, and it’s amazing. For some reason I really love not being able to understand anything and never knowing what’s going on. It’s fun being completely oblivious, while at the same time it’s like a challenge to try and figure out the language and start to memorize certain sentences / Japanese characters.
Aside from all the fun I’m having though, I am definitely experiencing a lot of serious and intense conversations with many of the Japanese students here when I’m on campus everyday. I have even had the chance to share Jesus with a couple of the students who were interested in hearing about Him. And that in itself increases how much I am enjoying this trip exponentially, but it is very draining. Imagine how draining an intensely spiritual/emotional conversation is naturally, and then add the fact that the students only speak a limited amount of English, causing you to speak slowly and struggle to understand everything they say. It’s definitely worth it in the end to give the effort required for a conversation, but it is very draining, so I just ask that all of you would pray that I would have an exuberant amount of energy in the next couple weeks.
And just a couple other things I would like you all to keep in your prayers:
- Tokyo University (Todai) and Toyo University – those are the two schools my team travels to from 12 to 4 everyday
- The Japanese people I come into contact with
- My teammates (who I will post more info on soon)
- My growth
1 comment:
I'm definitely praying for you and reading your blog, so keep updating! I love reading your stories! I'm not sure about all this obliviousness though. I'm oblivious enough as it is in America! Haha! But I'm glad you're enjoying it and coping well!
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