Update

So its been awhile since my last post...

This training period has been very interesting to say the least. Everyday we walk about 30 minutes from the house to the church we meet in for lectures and worship. Along the way, we walk past many japanese homes and businesses. There are ALOT of people walking around, going about their daily lives, and they all seem so glum.

Japan is about the size of California. California has about 36 million people in it, and the population is mostly spread out. Japan has about 127 million people in it and most of the population is clumped together in one region. So when I say alot of people walking around, I mean it.

Luckily, these people have such an idea of respect and they live in such harmony with each other, that this crammed situation actually works. Yet each person here struggles with identity. Sometimes two friends will walk together at the train station, and one of them will just jump out in front of a train for no apparent reason. In fact the one friend will say that the other was unusually happy and cheerful up to that point, and had no idea why his friend would jump in front of the train.

I want to share God's love with these people, I want them to be free from their culture's traditions so that they can understand they have a Father in heaven who cares about them.