Sunday

Here we are at the end of the beginning...The end of the beginning of a new week. This morning we celebrated Aidan's birthday. Last night I made the cake and this morning Abi iced it and Roger decorated it. I thought it was kind of cute... :) The plan was to take several of the boys' friends to the park.... but since it was raining...they all came over to the apartment. They really had fun.

After we ate a lunch of spaghetti and meat sauce made by me, we left for church. The church service went really well too. I met a lot more people this week....

Let's see... I met three of Pastor Fukuda's children... They are all around my age. One is 18 (I think) one is 16, and one is 14.

Roger and Alex drove the van home with the boys and Carl (for those of you who remember him, he is staying here again.) Ok... I just think this is too funny. Especially remembering my family's reaction when I told them this.... One of the members of the Belhaven team plays the double bass. They have left the bass here most of the time they have been here. And it stays...in my room... We decided that to have an almost 6' tall thing standing in my room all the time was...well anyway... we named it Carl. :) Speaking of the van... I told you that I rode in the front seat of a car, but riding in the very back seat of a mini-van is a totally different feeling. Not a fun one! It was really weird!!! Abi and I took the train on the way home, since the van was packed.

After we got back to Tsukishima (pronounced ski-sheemu) we went to the 7-11 to get box-dinners for Alex and myself. The musicians from church came here also to practice for next Sunday's service. As I looked around while I was eating, I noticed that the two of us, one from Dallas and the other from south MS, were eating Japanese dinners using hashi. All of the Japanese people had gone to McDonalds and were eating hamburgers and french-fries. I thought that was a little funny.

I don't know... I think that since I've come here I think a lot to myself. I did it at home but just didn't realize it... I even think about how much I'm thinking. It just seems that I am one thought ahead of most everyone else. For instance, I realize something but don't say it (which is not uncommon for me as I think a lot more things than I actually say), and then 5 min. later someone will go "Oh y'all, I just realized..."

Oh, I also posted the picture of Tokyo Tower that I was going to post.

Well, please still pray for my throat, as it now just feels like there is something stuck in it. It still hurts, and I feel like I need to cough...which just hurts more. At least I have my energy back...

Well, my love to you all!!!

Love,

Hannah