just got back from a night of hanging out with nozomi and taka. i met with nozomi earlier to talk about japanese ministry and stuff, and then taka met up with us at tully’s. it was awesome. he’s studying in Seattle at BCC for a year, until next march. he’s about 6′3, just shy of me, and played football at his university in japan (WR) and volleyball during high school (MH). we had so much in common that we talked about regarding sports. it was like meeting a brother, literally.
i guess that’s the best way i can describe my relationships with japanese people. it feels like family to me. we went to a “talk time” at Northshore Baptist Church after Tully’s where we met some Japanese girls who are studying English at Edmonds CC. it was a good time. with them, i felt like they were my little sisters. this probably sounds strange since people who know me know that i’m very American and can’t speak Japanese…so why do i talk like this? i think that the root of it comes from the fact that they are, more or less, my mother. i love hearing japanese and love being able to help people learn english. everything japanese ultimately reminds me of growing up with my mom, even though she speaks english. i think this is a huge part of how God has pulled my heart to Japanese people.
in any case, praise God that i was able to meet Taka. we hit it off really well and will hang out again. pray that i would be able to communicate the gospel to him well through our relationship and that God would save him.
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