May 24, 2012

Today was our first day of readers. Jet lag is setting in pretty hard – I don’t think Amber will admit she is but she was wanting to write part of today’s blog but fell asleep before getting there. Haha, so her story from today will be in tomorrow’s post! J Yay, something for you all to look forward to reading other that my stuff! Woot—exciting! This is me being overly fatigued, too. I know I am extremely tired.

However, a couple of stories from today: Amber and I woke up bright and early for a run on a GORGEOUS morning! It was perfect weather and it was definitely great to get some exercise in—along with some stretching after the long trip of being packed like a sardine for hours on several planes. 

Today we also learned more about how to act on site, and earthquake/tsunami safety etc. The readers varied in their levels of English—some were quite the challenge to work with, others were very fun to work with. I am so excited for what God is doing through this! He is so amazing. Austin and I went on a quest to make some copies at 7-11 and to purchase “obento” for lunch. (These are pre-made lunches of sushi, rice, chicken, tempura and other various dishes sold at many gas stations and convenient stores). That was fun to explore a new part of town and figure out the copy machine. It is amazing what you can understand just based off body language and pointing without knowing a single word!

In the evening, we had to watch 12 kids for a few hours. Oh what a fun challenge! I also helped prepare the food for all of them – that was a pretty cool experience actually. But I do believe the decibels in that house were a bit damaging to the ears at times. It was quite enjoyable to teach the kids a new game called “Box” (a mixture of tag and hide-n-seek with some extra fun rules thrown in).

Well that about wraps up our day today… Time to get some shut eye for tomorrow!

 Romans 12:10

Be devoted to each other like a loving family. Excel in showing respect for each other.