G.R.I.T.

Andrew Murray

So we're in Japan with everyone else now. We landed on Tuesday... or was it Wednesday by then... so hard to remember. Anyway, we got in rather late and then drove the rest of the way back tot he church. No bullet train but at least we didn't have any troubles with the layovers. On Wednesday we woke up early (thanks to our jetlag) and ate some breakfast before going to the morning prayer meeting. I'm　not sure if I speak for all of us when I say this but I, for one, felt (and probably smelled) like I had been flying and sitting in a car for an entire day... still can't figure out why... If you have ever seen any of my blogs from my last trip here or talked to me about Japan then you know that the onsen is quite possibly my favorite part of visiting Japan. We relaxed all afternoon while waiting for Norm to get back with the rest of the group but when he did we all went and finally got cleaned up at the onsen. Then it was back to the church for a quick supper before the evening service. That went well and we had a great time chatting with the people who were around afterwords. At least untill we heard about the centipede... they had found one in the kitchen and we all rushed to see it but Pastor Kishimoto had killed it by the time most of us got there. We were able to see it afterword though because he put it in a plastic bag to get rid of it. Norm has a post about a centipede he found in his house but this one wasn't as big... only about 5 or 6 inches long. It was an adventure. That was yesterday. Today we got up and ate breakfast before going on a walk around town. We got to meet the local police officer and introduce ourselves to him. He sounded very interested to meet us (from　what Norm tells us) though he doesn't speak English. After our walk we went to the onsen again (yay) and then went back to the church for a planning meeting that went up to lunch and then we had some free time before supper. Supper is now complete and I am currently tired. I think I'll leave you now and get some sleep. Tomorrow will no doubt be busier than today as we are leaving for the weekend. But I'm sure you'll hear more about that later.
Later

posted by Norman @ 4:54 PM