Connected with my last 2 blogs (things I like; things I like less), here are a few things that I don’t know how to categorize because they kind of belong to both.
- facemasks. People wear facemasks when they’re not feeling 100%. The good: The masks prevent people from breathing in bad stuff a...
Part II: A few things I miss about the US and a few things I don’t really get about Jland. (Part I was 10 things that I really like.)
In no particular order (starting with the misses and ending with the “what?!”)…
- Pandora radio. Oh how I miss thee. I didn’t realize how I pretty m...
Several times over the last 16 months, I’ve made mental and scribbly lists of things that I like and dislike about Japan. I even blogged once about this already (here). I don’t know why I do this – I think it partly shows how judgmental and black&white I can be sometimes (“This is Robert...
I took a volunteer team on a prayer walk yesterday. We walked to the local Shinto shrine, which is about a 20-minute walk from our house and is a significant tourist and spiritual site for the region.
While walking, I suggested we pray (in English and in Japanese), “Lord, have mercy on ____.” We prayed for God’s mercy on people and homes we passed...
On two or three Saturdays a month, I join a few Christian friends at a surfer beach to hand out coffee and talk with people. Simple, really. As someone who enjoys meeting people (apologies for being so repetitive), it’s pretty fun!
This last Saturday, though, was perhaps less “fun” but was really...
Late morning on Monday, I went for a bike ride to a park at the beach. I’ve been there two other times; once with Robert and once by myself. It’s beautiful.
And ugly...
On Wednesday, my friend and I finished the last chapter of Mark. Yippee! We’ve read and talked about a chapter a week for 16 weeks (okay, we took a little longer than that). It’s been so fun to see Jesus through her eyes. As I’ve said before, her wonder and amazement tickle me....
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