Wow, at this point, I can't even remember when I last wrote. In fact, I was talking this evening walking home with Hannah from the station after getting back from Machida, that it's bad when the only way you can remember what day it is is by what you did yesterday. And that did, in fact, happen to me last Sunday morning.
So, let's catch up with news. First, I went to the interview on Thursday. Apparently, the director who I met just arrived the day I was doing the interview... the other guy, through whom Mark had "got me the job"-ish, was being transferred. Perhaps you know where this is going. Anyhow, apparently, the first director had been okay-ing me coming for the interview and making everything sound okay, but after I had the interview with the new guy, and he sat down to look at a schedule with me to see about my availability and classes... alas, my Wednesday evening class had been given away already, by the first director.
Anyhow, there was a bit of a confusion (Mark went with me to the Y to do the interview) and embaressment, and this new director really seemed to feel bad, but he kept saying that if new classes came up, that he would contact me. So... I'm not too concerned, though everyone else seemed to feel bad that that happened, but I figured, maybe I don't need this second class right now and need to focus on other things.
That being said, I also had my first class with my other student... it's a private lesson and we meet at cafes to study. It went well, and I think she learned some things... so hopefully I can be a good teacher to her-- she's at an advanced level already.
Last night, after the prayer meeting, we went to Shinyurigaoka to welcome Allan, the newest member of the Fuse team. He'll be here for 2 months, and his family is in Korea actually... something to do with the military. But he'll have to kill me if he tells me more.
Anyway, to newbie Allan I relinquished my position as newbie. Not too sorry for it. Afterward, we all had a meal together and then Debbie, Saki-chan and I had a life group together where we talked about fear versus faith. It was pretty cool. Along the lines of life-groups, I think in the next couple of weeks, a new one (as in, another one) will be starting. Yay!
Then, we all walked down by the stream and took pictures of the sakura (cherry blossoms) at night, as they were lit up by lanterns. It was really pretty and we all had a good time.
Today was the o-hanami party, where we all gathered together before the Fuse meeting for a picnic and games. That was lots of laughter, and we played some name games and all got to spend more time with each other. Afterward, we went the the Fuse meeting, which is held in a cafe-style venue, and the Gospel singers group sang and the leader shared his testimony. Today was also my first opportunity to lead the game... We played a game that I learned in Mexico, actually, and it elicited quite a few laughs. The weird thing was having a translator. I don't think I really had a translator in Mexico, though people sometimes helped me if it was a big thing (like a hospital visit) that I didn't understand. So, it was something new for me to have a translator, but Tatsu, who did it, did a good job, as he always does.
So, I am getting better at understanding... I am constantly eavesdropping. :) But I will need a lot of work, and so maybe soon I will go to language school.
Among fun things, today I went to a FOUR-STORY dollar store. Now, the dollar stores here ROCK. Way better than the ones in the states. You can get anything and everything there... and a lot of the things are cute! So, not only is it very practical, it's really decent. Usually anyhow.
But, I did buy an umbrella, since it was raining this evening and we had some walking to do. I payed 210 yen (roughly $2.33)... and I went outside and by the time I had reached the corner, the wind had attacked me, and my umbrella looked like this:
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