Tokyo Welcome

Tokyo, Japan -- I was kinda sad to leave Bali... it was a good trip! I enjoyed meeting everyone, hearing their stories, seeing Bali... feeling my toes again! It was beautiful!I got to go on the motorcycle ride! That is tradition-- and I so enjoyed it... it was the first time I rode with a helmet on... Chris, a friend from orientation, stopped suddenly at one point and I slammed right into him, which was funny.... But I was very content to go.

Have to find somewhere here in Tokyo...The only place that I would have liked to have seen is Tanah Lot... but maybe next time?? haha.

So, I went to the airport and they took about 20 or more minutes to find my ticket and since I was the only one there, I was a bit concerned. But it went well, and I found a place to sit and eat in the airport... I swear the WHOLE country of Japan was on my flight to Tokyo. There was a million of them!! And they listened to the Japanese announcements and talked during the English ones and I wanted to stand up and hush them so I could strain my ears to hear what was going on.

Tokyo welcomed me with snow... well, it was more like flurries, but I was excited. Freezing, freezing cold here... and the people I was going to meet got there on time to meet me at the stop, but my bus got there early, so I waited outside... and thought, I'll take Balinese warmth anyday over the cold cold cold.

Speaking of which, I've caught a cold from the temperature change, but I think that in a few days it should go away.Yesterday, after sleeping like a log through the afternoon (the jet lag hit me hard), we went to a Brazillian church in the evening. THAT was pretty cool. Obviously, they speak portuguese (and Japanese) and I understood! Well, about 80% of it I understood... I communicated in Spanish and they in Portuguese and we got along great. There was a Peruvian guy there who just got saved and he told me I talk like a Mexican.

Today was 2 Japanese services... and tonight there is a bilingual one...But I have to go because the bilingual church is starting... Should be great!