A Sunday Edition

So, last night, you may recall that I blogged about taking the storm windows out. Well, apparently I missed one. BUT, what I didn't realize is that they slide into the walls of the house. Think Japanese sliding doors on the inside-- now think windows on the outside.

I got to bed around 11 last night, and at 1am I was suddenly awakened by the huge banging noise again, right. Oh man.... it was sooo loud. The girls said today that it was like typhoon style winds, but it sounded like a hurricane was going on outside or a tornado or something. The wind blew and shook the house and rattled, that storm door tucked into the wall.

Around 3:40, I really couldn't take it anymore, because I'd been awake just praying for it to stop, and I sat up on the other little couch in my room and looked outside and when the wind blew, I saw it rattling. Ahhhh! I've discovered it. So, I opened my window, pulled it out and laid it out. Now, picture this-- me, leaning over a couch, with a huge open window and the wind blowing like crazy, trying to manuever a huge storm window and put it on the ground without making more noise than was necessary.

I shut and locked the window, laid back down and 2 minutes later- was out. Tonight it's quite windy again, but the storm window is already out, and until the wind goes away, I'm not putting them back in!

Today, the missionary girls all met for breakfast at McDonald's (well, we mostly just met for coffee), and a Bible study. We talked about yesterday at the Fuse, and then we read and journalled on a passage, and then shared our perspectives and what God spoke to us. It was cool.

Afterward, Mark met us (Yuiko and I) there, and the girls went home and we stayed and had a chat. They shared their vision and heart and other relevant information for being an effective minister in Japan, including American-ness, and how that can be effective. It was good to sit down with them and chat. I shared a little of my expectations with them, and some short term goals that I had and we came to an agreement as to things to be doing now.

Of course, I'm in a stage right now where it's mostly learning and observing. From what it looks like, I'll get about 5-6 weeks of that (of course, being involved and participating and doing it with them, certainly). After that, I'll be taking over responsibilities that certain of the girls here have had that will be leaving, and it'll be gradual from there. Certain of those things will include like admin stuff, and a life group and various things.

We also talked about some practical stuff and then I made my way home. I made it all the way, by the way, without a cell phone or anything, and it's a walk that has a few turns in it. But it wasn't really that hard. :)

Anyway, the other point of interest for today was a singular accomplishment: I killed my first Japanese bug today. I was laying in bed, and looked up at the wooden border that's about 2 feet from the ceiling and thought, oh my, what is that?!? Then I said, dangit, I'm gonna have to kill you. That's another thing I miss about the States: having 4 other people in the house to kill bugs for me. Granted, I'm adept in the science myself, but whenever possible, I like to have others kill my bugs. Don't be deceived, it doesn't come for any compassionate bone in my body; I just hate bugs.