So guess who I got to see?
Guess!!
ELINA!!! That's right! My dear Japanese sister whom I have missed oh so very much!
Since I am now living in Japan, we have been able to hang out together a couple of times and catch up a bit. Everyone I am living with really enjoyed being around her and has invited to come anytime! Yay! Some of the students as well as myself and Elina went to karaoke the other night and had a great time!
We danced a little, took some pictures and sang our hearts out! Two hours of pure singing enjoyment! Earlier in the day, we some pics in a saweet VERY Japanese style photobooth [where we could take pics and then draw on them and add various decorations]! Oh, I LOVE Japan! ^_^
There should be more exciting culture-y things on the way! Woot, woot~
"Is it the real life? Is it just fantasy?"
DTS OWNS!!!
みんな!!! ごめん!!!
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It's been so long since I have written! The entire last week we have been on a media fast that ended just today! ^_^
The DTS (Discipleship Training School) that I am staffing here in Tokyo officially started last week (although we just began lectures)! Hooray!
I am totally stoked about the group of students we have here. They are amazing, helpful, passionate, willing and other things as well. >_<
I am thoroughly looking forward to the next 5 months (however I have this little nagging feeling that God is gonna be working in me to and I am slightly more nervous about that)! Last week was orientation and now the real work has started! Woot!
I am super busy working on the kitchen (cause I am in charge of food) but all the students are super duper helpful so my workload is lighter! My days are gonna be pretty full from here on out - yay!
On a bit of a different note, the people featured in the pictures above^^ are a mix a staff and students. They are the people I am going to be living and working with for the next little bit of my life and I could not be more enthused!
Thanks for all your prayer and support! I will try and keep the updates more regular from now on!
Giant Twitch of DOOM!
So last night was a nightmare.
I have developed this thing called Restless Leg Syndrome (or something like it).
Basically, my leg(s) begin twitching so violently that it jerks my whole body so I cannot fall asleep. Unfortunately, I sleep on a bunk bed at the moment and the twitching kinda shakes the bed and wakes up my roommate.
I feel super bad about it, of course, but I can't help it! I haven't found anything that works to stop it...
Anyways, I hope you all stay safe and sound from the Giant Twitch of DOOM cause it totally sucks!!! ^_^
An Adventure in Silence?
I am nursing this idea.
Would I like to take an excursion through the realm of the quiet?
The truly peaceful quietness of thought?
Would I like to wander through the land of the calm?
The world of tender stillness?
Do I even like these words?
These ideas?
Do I even care?
Do care for the silence? About the silence?
Would I gain anything from this journey into the absence of noise?
Absence of distraction?
Would I hear things normally drowned out by sheer living?
Would I discover thoughts meant only for me?
Or... would I discover secrets of my soul?
Of my heart. Secrets my mind would rather keep hidden.
Will this silence disturb me? Delight me?
Would it be of no consequence or would it mean everything to me?
How would I go about attaining this silence? This hush?
This quiet, where can I find it?
Within my mind? Within my heart? In a mere room or location?
Must I search it out alone or hunt for it with others?
Is this even worth thinking about?
These questions, are they worth asking? Worth wondering about?
Worth pondering?
Maybe not, but I am and will.
Wonder. Ponder. Think.
And maybe, just maybe, I will be silent.
