Short Note

My reader, Chiyuki, and I - purikura, an impressive photobooth!

The missionary's daughter!

I am so sorry for not updating on time! After an exhausting week (we studied the Bible for 71 hours with readers this week), we were all ready to collapse by the time Monday rolled around!

So I'm sorry, but this post will not be very long either, because today I have read 7 hours and I am really tired!

First up, I want to send out a prayer request: the whole team needs sleep! I had trouble sleeping 4 nights this week for various reasons (the biggest of which is bug invasions in the house), and I have to admit that the lack of sleep is starting to catch up with me. So please pray for us all to have sound sleep this week (it is very embarrassing to be yawning in reading sessions!)

Secondly, I just want to say that reading sessions have been going great! Readers are asking really deep questions and I have been able to share a lot, which is a big blessing. I am slightly going through a "culture shock"... because I am finally beginning to understand a lot of the ancestor worship, shrines, and such. The pastor here has a nice little English library written by missionaries, which I have been reading. The more I seem to understand, the more I realize I have yet to learn!

The party went great this week... 21 people came! Here are a few pictures from the week!

Also, FYI, I have started a facebook photo album "Glimpses of Japan"... it is dedicated to sights I see. I have decided to dedicate this blog to ministry, and just post the cool pictures on Facebook. If I have extra time this week (which is doubtful, as I'm looking at my calendar), I will post with more details. For now, please keep praying for the readers and the team's sleep! God is good all the time :)