You'll Never Guess...

Dear Everyone,
The following entry is a recap of the last two days since I have been either too busy or too tired to blog so be prepared for a lot of different activities mentioned. Let me start with a recap of Saturday.
I got up early Saturday morning to play sports with whomever might show up. We tried our best to advocate the sports day but we did not reach too many people or so we thought.. When we arrived at the park there happened to be a large group of guys our age playing soccer which screamed fellowship. Besides the group of guys we didn't know, there were 3 to 4 college students from the church that we invited. As soon we started talking to the guys playing soccer they immediately challenged us to an epic international duel of the soccer titans; US vs. JP... yeah right. Our team was average at best and we lost both games but not before I charged through three of the opposite team to score an amazingly placed goal. Forgive my arrogance but it's not often I play soccer or score a goal so you get the picture :).
After playing the two soccer games with the guys we decided to teach them how to play Ultimate Frisbee. Although the teams were mixed, my team won, which included Michael from our team, who is ridiculously good at Ultimate and competes at a collegiate level. It was a good feeling to actually win something that day. If I didn't mention already the weather was scorching so you can imagine the exhaustion by the time we were done. Once we rested and talked for a few, we exchanged info and hopefully will be hanging out with some of the guys tomorrow and maybe even sharing our purpose for coming to Japan!
When the team got we all seemed kind of pink and when I say kind of pink I mean medium well sunburnt. That was not the end of our day though. As a team we decided to take a guy out who has really helped us out as far as translation and who is a Bible study leader for some karaoke. That's right I said karaoke. Yeah 3 hours of it. I got the pleasure of Rickrollig Japan and we covered anywhere from Backstreet Boys to Journey so you can imagine the beautiful harmonies :S... Once those three hours were up and our voices toasted it was time to go.. We came back and fell asleep almost as soon as we put our heads on our pillows..
Today was another busy Sunday in the life of Kyoto Christian Fellowship.. Cory and I lead worship again which was a great chance to just thank te Lord for what He has done so far in the trip and to fellowship with our Japanese brothers and sisters..After the service we held small prayer groups and shared our concerns for around 45 minutes.. Once that was over it was time for lunch at the Italian joint again. And it was just as tasty as the first time we ate there... Phew it only gets busier... After we finished eating we got a quick rest and then it was off to the international church again. I had the privilege to sing a solo which I hope encouraged some folks. This time I sang "Jesus What A Friend For Sinners!" a Capella. After the church service which was wonderful we ate a small snack and came back to the church..
The last two days have been crazy busy and we have not had much time to rest much but we are pretty much home free now and don't really have anymore official plans until we leave on Wednesday.. Pray for our team that we would have safe travel going home and that we continue to be an encouragement to the Christians in Japan. Thank for you for all your support and I'm sorry this blog is long...

Only By Grace,
Cody