Konnichiwa.
Today I woke up to a bright morning. However, when I hit the highway I felt my car jolt and suddenly I remembered my encounter with a median leaving work last night. Long story short, I walked five blocks to work, missed my leadership meeting after work, and was rescued by my "big brother" out here. I also learned how to change a tire and air up a spare (mine was flat, yay) so now I'm shopping for a new tire so my life doesn't come to a screeching halt, haha.
In other news... During recess today, I got a call from the missions department at school. He offered me a position on the Tokyo trip, with the church covering the $130 difference between my balance and the airfare amount due today so that I could be the tenth on the trip. After some prayer, soul-searching, and one quick Daddy-phone-call, I was in. Just like that... I'm going to be ministering in church-plants in Japan! What an opportunity! Apparently God has His own plan because I definitely would not have opted for Japan on my own. So continue to pray for my missions trip... just a continent over.
And as for tomorrow, the lovely Valentine's Day and all that it implies... Morning: Passing out Valentine's to kindergarteners and enjoying the simplest view of the day ever. Afternoon: renewal of focus and realizing that revivalists don't hate days like tomorrow. Evening: the girls and I are going out with some friends for dinner at Logan's (thank you Mom and Dad for my Christmas giftcard!) So of course, with an apartment full of girls (and then some), there's been lots of talk about warped red shape day. We're not celebrating a superficial consumer-driven what's-the-point-of-that-kind-of-love-anyway. We're celebrating the life of a man (St. Valentine) who loved God, saw people healed, raised from the dead, and married people in private when the government was dictating what was of God and what was not. We are celebrating a revivalist-lifestyle. There's the ministry school student take on it, haha. Take it with a piece of chocolate.
I hope all is well with you-- Please send me an email sometime and update me on your world.
2 comments:
hey, Rachel...this is Natasha, Sarah D.'s cousin. Just wanted to say I love reading your blog...you are such a fantastic writer!
aw, thank you very much...I got the song off Project playlist. They don't have a lot of misty songs, but that was one of the few. :) Misty Edwards is sooooooo good, I've nearly been listening strictly to her for two months straight now. How's California treating you?
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