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Dear Everyone,

What a day! After my earlier post, Leena brought me to the church and I was dropped off to live and do ministry with the Korean YWAM team. We have so much fun together and were made to serve together. There are no communication problems even though they don't speak much English and we all have a heart to see the Lord move here in Kyoto. As I came in, the YWAM team was finishing some songs they were going to perform for this week's moms and toddlers class. We had some nice small talk and I gave them some pecans from Georgia that I brought. They loved them.. After their performance for the class we came upstairs at the church to enjoy a small lunch consisting of onigiri and juice. Wow I love Japanese food... Especially the nori and salmon.
Once we finished lunch it was time to go to a university nursing class for the team to give a presentation on South Korea and for all of us to just practice English with the students. There were around 32 students and 8 of us so there was 1 team memember including me per 4 nursing students. We had a blast. I got to talk about America and my own life in the groups and they had some interesting questions for me. Most of groups wanted to know about American ways of life, College class structure, and my own life. But one group of girls about my age didn't seem to be as interested in America as they were in one particular question about me personally. "Are you single?" one girl excitedly asked. As soon as I answered yes another girl immediately asked me "Would you ever like a Japanese girl?". I thought oh no, because American men are very desirable in Japan and I was afraid it would turn into a dating interview. I honestly answered yes and they simply giggled together for a few minutes and before they could ask me anything else it was rotation time to another group. Thank you Lord for rotation time! After about an hour of rotating, it was time for us to go. Before we left, we had a chance to advertise a youth fellowship on Friday where I will be sharing my testimony and I hope some of the students come. It would be great to see them again and be able to go into detail about my trip and Kyoto Christian Fellowship. Pray for a good turnout at the Friday Night Fellowship. Once we got back, I offered to cook supper for our team. From now on whenever I say "our team" I mean me plus the YWAM team because we ARE one team. We are part of one church and have the same purpose in the country in Japan. To willing serve the Lord wherever and to do whatever. I cooked a whole lot of spaghetti with some secret recipe meat sauce, garlic bread, and made sweet tea. It was a hit and we had a great time of fellowship and laughter around the table. Once we ran out of the meat sauce, we just used curry. Trust me, it sounds odd but it's delicious! After supper it was time for cleanup. The rest of team refused to let me clean up and they took care of the dishes. While they finished up, I played some worship songs and we had a small time of worship while they washed the dishes and I put the clean dishes away. It was wonderful. Now the team is practicing for some more Korean songs they are going to do tomorrow. We are visiting a few hospitals tomorrow and they will be singing some Korean songs and I may sing a song or to as well. The important thing is that we are simply going to love people and encourage them as Jesus would. After that, we will be going to the hot spring as a team to relax plus Pastor Soma, Hyato, Hyato's kids, and John (YWAM director of Kyoto who has been going around with us). The ladies will go to one hot spring and the men will go to another. In case you are unsure what a hot spring experience is about, you can find a reference to it in one of my posts from last year. It's gonna be great...I'm sure there will be much to tell on the next post. Pray for our team and that we would be filled with strength, compassion, love, and boldness as we go out tomorrow. Pray that we would have opportunities to SHOW the love of Christ and share about Him tomorrow in the hospitals. Last but not least are the shout outs of the day. The first shout out goes to... Kyle Herring. Miss you brother and hope you are doing well in your summer class. Thought of you during the dish washing worship because one of the songs we did was This is Our God. Thanks again for helping me out with Lorien and Joey's wedding. Can't wait to hang out once I'm back. The second shout out of the day goes to...Eric. Miss you too brother and hope your thru session and work are going well. Thought of you as I played Sleepyhead for the YWAM and showed off some of my sweet dance moves. You seriously have the best taste in music and I'll always listen to whatever you recommend at least once! Take care and never forget, mushi mushi. Thank you everyone for your support and I look forward to posting again soon.

Only By Grace,
CP