Peace Out

St. Louis, MO -- So, I'm sitting here munching on some Pad Thai. Blogging has been on my mind for like the last week now, but somehow or another, I've missed it every day.

Last night, in particular, it was on my list.. but as the storm rolled through and the computer was unplugged and disconnected... I thought... it'll have to be tomorrow.I've been working on some multi-media pieces for promotion of vision sowing for Japan and have run into a few computer glitches that leave me sitting up until late night. I'm pretty happy with how the result came out... it's an incredible amount of work that gets put into making videos and power points (usually). By the way, am still working on converting a file so everyone can easily watch the file.

So, I'm getting ready for things with Japan... have been thinking a lot lately about how it will be to live there and study Japanese and hang out with Japanese youth all the time and share with them. I've been in contact with the people who are mainly heading up the Machida project. They're excited and ready to help out in whatever way. But they're pretty cool. It'll be great to work with them!I'm constantly impacted by the need for Jesus in Japan... and how astounding to me it is that in 2009, so few know.

There is such a need for hope in Japan. For instance, in April of this year, Japan averaged 100 people per day that commited suicide. 100 people each day!

If that's not a cry for help in that nation, I know not what is.

Japan continues to fascinate me. Everything from the simple and cultural- like the way food is, and Japanese etiquette and subway systems and how in the world they can remember some 4000 kanji characters in order to read... to how the Japanese think and what inhibits them from hearing and what is the best way to reach out to them.