Tuesday after talking with the students about intelligent design, I checked my work e-mails and posted the previous blog entry while at the school (using a Mac for the first time). [Please don't hesitate to leave comments, I'd love to hear from anyone who is actually reading this stuff.] Then I walked to the Honda train station and rode back to Kamatori. Next to Kamatori station is a department store, Jusco, so I headed to the top floor where the restaurants are ~ and had a delicious Tempura and soba lunch (aaahhhhh). Then I wandered around each floor, lingered long in the kitchen section and picked up a few Japanese things. Finally, I headed back to the Stewarts for a few hours. [Lisa was having a baby shower so I wanted to arrive after the party was over.]
Tuesday evening, I went to Sally Dangler's home for a bible study with 3 Japanese ladies and Timothy Bentson, a one year lay person helping with the college ministry. We read and talked about Exodus Chapter 25 and then I explained a little about (can you guess?) ~ intelligent design and Darwinism. Once again, my audience asked great questions. I really enjoy talking about this subject and everyone is either really interested (or they are being polite for my sake). Sally dropped me off at the Stewarts about 10 p.m. and I went right to bed and got about 7 hours of sleep (oh yeah).
Wednesday morning, Robert brought me back to Covenant Community School International (see photo ~ Honda Chapel is on the right and the new school building is on the left) for the monthly Concert of Prayer where all the team members join together for prayer and worship for 4 and a half hours. The students join in for the first 1/2 hours before starting classes. Praying and singing for 4 and 1/2 hours is not easy [for me], but the time flew by. Everyone stayed for lunch and I had a long coversation with Dan Iverson, the ex-marine pastor of Oyumino Church. Dan and his wife Carol are such special people; I know why my parents have always spoken so highly of them.
I was scheduled to go to Yokohama today (about 3 hours away by train), but that fell through, so I am taking my host family out to dinner tonight. I came back to the Stewarts and am doing laundry. I can use the domestic break, believe me.
I love walking through the neighborhoods, looking out the train and bus windows to catch glimpses of the homes and the carefully sculpted trees and gardens in the tiny front yards. It is spring in Japan now ~ the flowers are everywhere and it is beautiful. There are a lot of trees full of white, yellow, pink or purple blossoms. If you live in Florida like me, you don't see this kind of dramatic seasonal change.
Well, tomorrow is another day. Stay tuned.
Taylor
2 comments:
Why is everything named after Honda?!?!?
Love reading every day how you are being used by God! You are too! Even just ministering to the Stewards I know they sooo appreciate it! What a unique situation you are in because you speak the lauguage and have intellegent (get it...intelligent design...intelligent...) concepts to share
Have a great day my friend!
You didn't tell me that I had to have a Google account to send you a note. Much like our friend Jimmy I too am very proud of you for following God's call to go to Japan. I think it was Mr. T. that said, "I love it when a plan comes together." Keep preaching it brother but don't bring any books back for our group. We're looking for pearls!
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