Zerubbabel

The title is in honor of my sister, who has been sending me randomly titled emails :-) I love her and she's funny!
Monday is by far the longest day of my week. I leave my house at about 9:20am and walk back through my front door around 9:15pm. Don't worry, I am not actually teaching the whole time! The church I go to on Monday is too far for me to come home in between my four classes. So I hang out all day. It's a long day to be sure, but it usually ends up being the most enjoyable. It certainly was tonight...
Yesterday I spoke with Haruna and she said she really wants to study the Bible. So tonight before class we looked at a bilingual Bible study that Pastor Kojima suggested. We only have one month before she leaves, but we are going to meet together next Friday (the 15th) to start this study!! We want to attempt to meet three or four times before she leaves. My prayer and hope is that during this time the Holy Spirit will teach her the importance of personal Bible study and equip her with basic concepts to carry it out. Please pray! Pray also that Maichi will want to join us!


Me, Maichi, and Haruna

Here are some extra pictures, just because.

Ah yes, crowds. This is at Harajuku train station (some of you may recognize that name as an American pop star now has a song about this very neighborhood). What would normally be a two minute walk from the train to the exit took over 30 minutes that day. From what we could tell there was no reason other than a big crowd! I'm surprised no one fell of the platform.

This is around the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, back in April during cherry blossom season.