I'm sorry I haven't been able to blog for the last two days. A lot of travel and crazy schedules. We are at the airport ready to board the plane. We had a long layover here in Tokyo and took advantage by taking a train into Tokyo to look around. We saw the largest temple in Tokyo and had our last Japanese lunch. Most everybody had noodles and tempura. A bit rainy today, but everybody enjoyed ourselves. Hard to believe our trip is about over. We'll be back in about 12 hours!
See you then!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Day 5 THURSDAY
What another great day! I can't tell you how much we laughed today--from morning to night. Today's Bible point was "God gives us wisdom". The Japanese campers listened carefully to the lesson. Mr. R. did an activity where the campers had to walk through a maze blindfolded and learned about how God is the giver of wisdom. The kids made Egyptian collars to wear in the Arts and Crafts class. The campers are becoming more and more comfortable singing the worship songs and it looks like they're enjoying doing the motions that go with the songs.
It rained today--pretty much all day, but we have umbrellas. For our afternoon activity, we went to a very cool fire prevention exhibit at a fire station here in town. I didn't expect it to be interesting, but it was actually a lot of fun. We did a few simulations (earthquake, fire, and hurricane winds). I've never seen anything like this in the States--really good for students to learn. All of our TKA kids learned some valuable info, like how to properly use a fire extinguisher etc.
Tomorrow is our cultural enrichment daytrip to Nagasaki where we'll do a bit of sightseeing for the first time.
We went out to dinner and split up and ate in different groups, depending on what we wanted to eat. I think some broke down and went to McDonalds, but most of us had ramen and other adventurous Japanese food.
Walking back to the hotel in the rain, I think I cried from laughing so hard. There was so much going on. We stopped at a grocery store and bought a bunch of different ice cream treats and shared them standing in the rain with our umbrellas. You had to be there. Maybe at Memories Night we'll be able to recreate some of the hilarity, but really, this is all great medicine for the soul!
God's goodness to us is overwhelming. He continues to provide for us perfectly.
We talk about these things all through the day.
The campers are wrapping themselves around the hearts of our TKA students and I'm afraid there will be tears on Sunday which is our last day of camp. Pray for this day as the gospel message will go out. Pray for boldness and the Holy Spirit's guidance. We are all ridiculously tired, but incredibly blessed and grateful.
More tomorrow!
It rained today--pretty much all day, but we have umbrellas. For our afternoon activity, we went to a very cool fire prevention exhibit at a fire station here in town. I didn't expect it to be interesting, but it was actually a lot of fun. We did a few simulations (earthquake, fire, and hurricane winds). I've never seen anything like this in the States--really good for students to learn. All of our TKA kids learned some valuable info, like how to properly use a fire extinguisher etc.
Tomorrow is our cultural enrichment daytrip to Nagasaki where we'll do a bit of sightseeing for the first time.
We went out to dinner and split up and ate in different groups, depending on what we wanted to eat. I think some broke down and went to McDonalds, but most of us had ramen and other adventurous Japanese food.
Walking back to the hotel in the rain, I think I cried from laughing so hard. There was so much going on. We stopped at a grocery store and bought a bunch of different ice cream treats and shared them standing in the rain with our umbrellas. You had to be there. Maybe at Memories Night we'll be able to recreate some of the hilarity, but really, this is all great medicine for the soul!
God's goodness to us is overwhelming. He continues to provide for us perfectly.
We talk about these things all through the day.
The campers are wrapping themselves around the hearts of our TKA students and I'm afraid there will be tears on Sunday which is our last day of camp. Pray for this day as the gospel message will go out. Pray for boldness and the Holy Spirit's guidance. We are all ridiculously tired, but incredibly blessed and grateful.
More tomorrow!
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