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"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone". col 4
this verse is what I have been reading all day long today. I think it fits what we are doing just perfect. The part about how we will know how to answer each other is perfect. Some on my team are having to really learn what it means to allow God to lead our converstations. Not everyone we come in contact with will be a gospel converstation. That is hard for some but when we are filled with the Holy Spirit then we don't have the burden of chosing which one gets to hear. He does all the work and we get the joy of following after him. I really love this verse today!
i am gonna blog about yesterday and today. we spend most of our time on the subway....fun fun and we get alittle silly or as we like to say...."acting american". this is the boys in the other cart playing around.
another crazy toilet. This one has the sink on top......WHAT>>>>>>>> yuck really but at least it makes noise while you go. So strange........btw- my last post was written really fast and if you know me well then you know i can't spell and stuff. sorry for not spell checking and stuff. it was a mess!
Kara.....so darling and Daniel...a jman....so fun to hang out with. He has been leading us here and there and we just love him!!!!! These next pics are us in Shabuya.....it is where they have the dog statue...you might have seen it on the amazing race.
ok this is nick/ my body guard/son hahahahahha. well I have my bag that i carry around and they make fun of me. They call it my fanny pack BUT IT SO IS NOT!!!!!!! it is a really cool timbuk2 bag...anyway, this is nick with a white leather...gag...fanny pack..........
me with my bag....see it is so not a fanny!!!!!!! uuuuugggggghhhhhhh they love making fun of me hahahhahahaha
Shut up, we were so doing 5 minute english when i looked over and there were two power rangers ......only in tokyo.....walking around!!!!! so of course i flagged them down and got a pic
many of you have asked what 5 minute English is. Well, we hold up signs in English and Japanese and try to get them to talk to us. We then ask them questions and they ask us questions. then we start asking about what they believe in and stuff. Share our testimony and stuff and share about Jesus. Many have never heard. Anyway, yesterday I met Sae and she was so nice. Many are so interested in America so she began asking me about Christina Ag. right away......of course that is really not my music so i just did my best. She loved that I taught art and she was the first one to ask me to draw her something. so there we were...in the busiest intersection in the world and i am drawing her trees! I got to share with her and give her a manga bible. We even hugged and it was just wonderful. We must have talked for like 45 minutes. Oh she was darling. The Japanese people are so lovely. They are so kind to us. we exchanged email and numbers and i hope to see her tomorrow. She wants to take me to a Japanese museum and you know that i am sooooooooooo all over that!!!!!!!
Today we were back in the park. I love yoyogi park. There are so many interesting people. I met a really nice italian guy today. He sat down beside me...on another bench and i was drawing while i prayed. He pulled out his sketch book and started drawing and was soooooooo left handed like me. We had a great time chatting! This pic below is a french guy playing the sax in the woods. He played the whole time i was drawing......at one point he started playing "isn't she lovely" and had my new italian friend not walked over to the bathroom.........i might have made him dance with me right there in the park!!!!!! it was just so beautiful!
kara and i in our matching North Texas University tee shirts!!!!!!! can't you tell we are sooo tired hhahahhahaa
i cant' figure out how to rotate these pics....it is all in another language....but the trees in the park just rock my world. I love trees so much...i think more than flowers...hard to believe because i love to paint flowers but trees just amaze me
Katheryn feeding the massive black birds........... they make sounds like humans....strange and i can't stand it when she does this...i am afraid they are just gonna eat her
park
flower garden
we then head to another part of the city and did 5 minute eng.....this is us after a long hard day!!!!!!!!!! my team is so cute
it is crazy to think that everything is closing down here. Before we know it we will be home. We love doing the work here. it is just life changing and I know we will miss it. Kelly and Heather, thank you for getting on the phone and praying for me!!!!! I love you both!!! that means so much to me. Those one you that have emailed and left comments THANK YOU!!!!! it is so nice to hear from you and you encourage me so!!!!!! I love you dearly!!!!!!!
And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone". col 4
this verse is what I have been reading all day long today. I think it fits what we are doing just perfect. The part about how we will know how to answer each other is perfect. Some on my team are having to really learn what it means to allow God to lead our converstations. Not everyone we come in contact with will be a gospel converstation. That is hard for some but when we are filled with the Holy Spirit then we don't have the burden of chosing which one gets to hear. He does all the work and we get the joy of following after him. I really love this verse today! i am gonna blog about yesterday and today. we spend most of our time on the subway....fun fun and we get alittle silly or as we like to say...."acting american". this is the boys in the other cart playing around. another crazy toilet. This one has the sink on top......WHAT>>>>>>>> yuck really but at least it makes noise while you go. So strange........btw- my last post was written really fast and if you know me well then you know i can't spell and stuff. sorry for not spell checking and stuff. it was a mess! Kara.....so darling and Daniel...a jman....so fun to hang out with. He has been leading us here and there and we just love him!!!!! These next pics are us in Shabuya.....it is where they have the dog statue...you might have seen it on the amazing race. ok this is nick/ my body guard/son hahahahahha. well I have my bag that i carry around and they make fun of me. They call it my fanny pack BUT IT SO IS NOT!!!!!!! it is a really cool timbuk2 bag...anyway, this is nick with a white leather...gag...fanny pack.......... me with my bag....see it is so not a fanny!!!!!!! uuuuugggggghhhhhhh they love making fun of me hahahhahahaha Shut up, we were so doing 5 minute english when i looked over and there were two power rangers ......only in tokyo.....walking around!!!!! so of course i flagged them down and got a pic many of you have asked what 5 minute English is. Well, we hold up signs in English and Japanese and try to get them to talk to us. We then ask them questions and they ask us questions. then we start asking about what they believe in and stuff. Share our testimony and stuff and share about Jesus. Many have never heard. Anyway, yesterday I met Sae and she was so nice. Many are so interested in America so she began asking me about Christina Ag. right away......of course that is really not my music so i just did my best. She loved that I taught art and she was the first one to ask me to draw her something. so there we were...in the busiest intersection in the world and i am drawing her trees! I got to share with her and give her a manga bible. We even hugged and it was just wonderful. We must have talked for like 45 minutes. Oh she was darling. The Japanese people are so lovely. They are so kind to us. we exchanged email and numbers and i hope to see her tomorrow. She wants to take me to a Japanese museum and you know that i am sooooooooooo all over that!!!!!!! Today we were back in the park. I love yoyogi park. There are so many interesting people. I met a really nice italian guy today. He sat down beside me...on another bench and i was drawing while i prayed. He pulled out his sketch book and started drawing and was soooooooo left handed like me. We had a great time chatting! This pic below is a french guy playing the sax in the woods. He played the whole time i was drawing......at one point he started playing "isn't she lovely" and had my new italian friend not walked over to the bathroom.........i might have made him dance with me right there in the park!!!!!! it was just so beautiful! kara and i in our matching North Texas University tee shirts!!!!!!! can't you tell we are sooo tired hhahahhahaa i cant' figure out how to rotate these pics....it is all in another language....but the trees in the park just rock my world. I love trees so much...i think more than flowers...hard to believe because i love to paint flowers but trees just amaze me Katheryn feeding the massive black birds........... they make sounds like humans....strange and i can't stand it when she does this...i am afraid they are just gonna eat her park flower garden we then head to another part of the city and did 5 minute eng.....this is us after a long hard day!!!!!!!!!! my team is so cuteit is crazy to think that everything is closing down here. Before we know it we will be home. We love doing the work here. it is just life changing and I know we will miss it. Kelly and Heather, thank you for getting on the phone and praying for me!!!!! I love you both!!! that means so much to me. Those one you that have emailed and left comments THANK YOU!!!!! it is so nice to hear from you and you encourage me so!!!!!! I love you dearly!!!!!!!