Keio University
ok so let me first explain how the heck i have time to blog while here. We work non stop all day long and from about 8.30 till after 8 pm. Then we get back to the hostel and chill. This blogging has been wonderful for me to get minutes alone..........it has been so nice. It is Thursday morning right now...9.05 am but i believe it is 7 pm for most of you! We have the morning off and are not due in Shibya till 3.30 YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Oh i am on my second cup of coffee and enjoying the children outside heading to school in their darling little uniforms and hats. Japanese babies are so beautiful. I keep telling my kids that if i could just get on in my arms and snuggle.......i would be a goner. They are just so sweet. The mommy in me is just coming out all over the place here! PRAISE GOD that He has made us all so different. The food, the culture, the dancing, the styles, the eyes, the skin...........I LOVE THAT OUR GOD IS THE CREATOR OR CREATIVITY!!!!! He just blows my mind!
Let me update you on yesterday. We headed to Keio University which is the most prestigious universities in Japan. They allow us to walk around, however, they like us to stay under the radar and not offend. So our goal yesterday was just to make friends. We prayer walled for about an hour and then began to move freely around the campus.
THis is a goup of students doing some kind of dance/yell/military type something...i don:t know. It was cool to hear them yelling hahahhahha
Katheryn and I prayer walked through many of the buildings. One of then was the art and music building. it was AWESOME!!!!!!! I ALMOST PASSED OUT WHEN I WENT IN ONE OF THEIR "PROJECT WORKROOMS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was like hold me back, hold me back. I could have jumped right in and had a great time! fyi-FAITH.....girl the sewing room was like a dream. I will have to go back and get you a pic. GIRL YOU WOULD HAVE SCREAMED!!!!!! They do it right here. no playing around...........my students think it is funny to take my picture when i am in mid sentence. WHY???????? I have yet to figure it out.....but i think because i am so animated when i talk and then they get the pic and i look like a crazy person. this one is not that funny but here i am sitting in these cool chairs and reading scripture......i will post the other random "talking pictures" later.
So the big news of the day has to do with this building. This is the gym. 2 of us walked in and got to watch a p.e. class going on.
They guys were playing some kind of game that is like soccer but you throw the small soccer ball and not kick it...........???????? i was not sure.
They gym felt like we were in a time warp. They had the old wooden benches and stuff. DAD YOU WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED IT!!!!!!! Anyway, i heard some music and started exploring to see what was going on. I opened the door and YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE DOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......
JAPANESE JAZZERCISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHUT UP
SHUT UP
SHUT UP
SHUT UP
SHUT UP
SHUT UP
i thought i was gonna have a heartattack if i did not join in!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i waited patiently till the class was over and then went to ask the professor if I could come back for her next class. Now, they had told us to stay clear of the prof and admin so that they do not kick us off campus. BUT.........God being the cool father that He is, gave me an opportunity to use my teaching background and my love of jazzercise to get me an invite into "their world". TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!!!!! can you believe it? so she and i chatted for a long time and her english was great. She even shared her lunch with me and it was just a great bond. Here she is in the orange..
I was able to stay for two classes. PRAISE GOD! They first one i just watched and prayed while they jumped around....the second one I got to break it DOWN hahahhahahh with them hahahhaha. OH THEY HAVE SOME FUNNY MOVES!!!!!! i have video on my camera too!!!!! if you know how to put it on the blog let me know!
They have some different warm up stretches too.....this is not one of them but i will have to do them later for yall..........me taking a pic of me so that i could capture my moments of joy.
At the end of each class they have about 10 minutes of deep breathing and stuff. It was wonderful. While i was watching in the first class I almost fell over because I was getting so relaxed hahahahhahaaa.
It was amazing to share such common interest with them. The m's here said that no one had been invited to go to class before. I was so glad God opened that door and that I got to be apart. They were just lovely to me!!!!! We keep laughing because I joke about jazz all the time. Then God went and used it for His work. Oh I love Him. I do i do!!!!!Dad, this is the new field they are building.........i tried to get a tour of the field house for you...you know me, always checking things out......but they said no.......so i went in the trees to get a view!!!! pretty nice
boring teacher............. i listened to him from the hallway for like 7 minutes and he never looked up/ just talked while looking down at notes!!!!!!!!! BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
end of the day........tired and waiting for the train
this is the best part of Tokyo! no joke.......their bathrooms are amazing. America needs to step it up.
ok so attached to each seat is a panel for several options. you can turn on the "seat warmer" hahahhahhah press the flushing noise so that no one "hears you" going hahahhahahha you can get the whole "water bidet" thing ......with adjustment to pressure......hahahhahahhahh i mean really???????
they have deodorizer and stuff. oh it is so fun!!!! and a radio!!!! i love it love it love it!!!!!!
SO that is my update for yesterday. I love hearing from yall. I share what you are saying with the team so that they know that they are really being lifted up! There is one song that is in my mind the past 24 hours....."for thou oh Lord, are a sh for me, my glory and the lifter of my head". He is the lifter of my head. He is all that I need. Do you know what I mean? Tokyo and a crazy texas girl...really God? He says "YES GO" how beautiful are the feet that bring good news. I think that this summer will be my summer of understanding that my God is the author of impossible and finds great joy in showing me His greatness time and time again. I go home in a week to a new house that Only He could provide! FATHER YOU ARE ALL THAT I NEED!!!!!!! You and only you fill me up! I praise you that you allow me to be apart of you WORK!!!!!!!