And a Cool Story...

Last week.  Wow. 

So much happened.  I took off 2 days of school to do a lot of work that mostly involved thank you cards for all those supporting me financially.  Of course, I'm incredibly grateful for all the prayers and encouragement that people send me too.  Anyway, that took quite a bit of time.  So, even though technically those were days off school, they weren't days off. (Kaori and I, last Sunday!  I love Kaori-chan!!)

But last week, I did manage to get in a few "girl time" hours with Yuiko.  It was so good to hang out, joke, tell stories and shop together.  I really, really enjoyed myself. 

Saturday, I did get a day off!!!! Imagine that!!! (there is a reason for all those exclamation points!)  I did do a little bass practice, since I'll be joining the worship team once or twice a month after Mike leaves next week.  But apart from that, I went to Shimokitazawa, just to walk around and check it out. It's a super cool little area, lots and all kinds of shops, narrow streets, etc.  I loved it, and it reminded me of my visit last year when I did so much exploring by myself. (Manami and I~ still praying for her to meet Jesus!! I believe it's going to be soon...)

For a cool story though, Sunday, after we had finished setting up for FUSE, I felt like I needed to reply to a couple of messages from some girls, one in particular, a girl named Airi.  She came for the first time about a month ago and joined my lifegroup that night and we hadn't seen her since.  She had been part of another church, the Noborito Church, but has been gone for a long time.  Mark and Yuiko know her.  Anyway, she came on Sunday, and I was excited to see her!  She also joined Lifegroup with Lizzie and Saki and I... which was again a bilingual lifegroup, and I got plenty of Japanese practice! 

After Lifegroup, she told me that she got up that morning and was thinking, hmm, should I go to FUSE today?  She was going back and forth on it, and was kinda unsure about going.  But then she received my message and decided, "ok, I'm going to FUSE today."  How cool is that?  God prompted me to send a message, and it brought her to FUSE!!!!  Anyway, we talked about Zaccheus and about the way to not be lost or feel lost is to meet Jesus everyday, and that if we search for Him, He promises that we will find Him.  It was a superb evening!~~  Praying that she'll be finding Him everyday and that she becomes a very strong Christian, discipling others!

Well, 'tis all for the moment.  Are you excited for Christmas?  I am!  I don't even know what I'm doing on Christmas Day, but I'm excited!