Sorry this blog is late..I got home from my day with Takuya and Sae and was so tired I fell asleep right away.
The day started out with church at Kiyose Evangelical Free. It is a beautiful church and I enjoyed the service even though it was in Japanese. After the service the church had lunch. It was the same type of soup I had at Shiogama Bible last Sunday, and it is one of my favorite Japanese meals. Everyone there wanted to know more about me, and they were really fascinated at how much I weigh and that I am an average height in America (about 6'1").
After lunch I got on a train and went to Ueno to meet Takuya and Sae. This was our "home base" last year, and I arrived 30 minutes early so I walked around for a while and saw some of the stores we went to last time. Anyway, I met those two and we headed to a place that used to be famous for their electronics. We enjoyed walking around and looking through the stores. After that we went to a shrine and then to the Tokyo Tower on the south side of Tokyo. Every place we went yesterday was a first time for Takuya and Sae as well, so we had fun just exploring. We got to Tokyo Tower, purchased our tickets, and went up. There was a great view of Tokyo, and once the sun set it was even better. Right when we were about to leave a little boy next to me yelled "Hanabi!!" Hanabi are fireworks, and we watched the fireworks show that occurred right over the Rainbow Bridge..it was great!
After that we traveled back to Ueno for supper. I told them to choose the restaurant and they chose a place that I don't remember the name of...more or less it was an egg, flour, and then a variety of choices such as pork, chicken, squid, corn, shrimp, cheese, etc. Each table had a grittle and you cooked the mix they gave you just like you would a pancake. It was very good, even the squid one! After supper I said goodbye to Sae and then boarded my train for Higashi-Tokorozawa. Takuya was nice enough to go with me to make sure I made it on the right train connection before saying goodbye and going back to his house.
I really enjoyed seeing them again, and we had a lot of fun. Takuya is moving to the U.S. soon to go to the University of Michigan for his doctorate, so I can't wait to take him around Minneapolis when he visits!
That was my day in a nutshell. I leave for Narita airport in about 30 minutes and will arrive in Minneapolis Monday night.
I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting me in every way this trip. It has been an amazing time, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I will blog a couple of times yet when I get back to the states about the deeper spiritual issues in Japan and why only about 1% of the population is Christian. I learned a lot about that on this trip, and I want to share that with you as soon as I get back to my laptop.
Anyway, specific prayer requests:
-safe trip back
-the missionaries, and perhaps more importantly the Japanese Christians...that they would be empowered to use the relationships they have built to do great things for the kingdom.
Thanks again, and see you back in the states!
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