Public Transportation= Best Thing in the Entire World
These last few days have been crazy busy, but really great. Yesterday I went with another VYMer, Matt, and he showed me around some of the districts which are near by to mine, Tama. The cool part is that each district has a train station (Eki)in it which bears the same name as the district... pretty handy. We started out heading just north 5 minutes to a place called Musashi-Sakai. There he showed me around where the grocery store was, the drug store, the hospital (should I need it), and even the more international food store. We also stopped and ate lunch there which was... finally... sushi. I was beginning to get worried as I had been in Tokyo a few days and I hadn't really even seen a sushi place yet. It was great though, really good quality sushi and the best part... only 138 yen a plate ($1.50). Eat your heart out expensive sushi in Austin!!! After that we headed to another station just down the line called Kichijoji. This place was pretty great as well. Out door kinda mall thing with any shop you could possibly want in it. For all you craft lovers out there... there was a store called Yuzawaya. Think you like the scrapbooking isle at Hobby Lobby... what about the bins with yarn at... a store that sells yarn? Well how about an entire floor devoted to... each.different.hobby. This place was huge. The same went for the electronics store.. it was pretty great. Sometime I need to go back and peruse the headphones department.
Today I was able to go to church at what is called Center Church. This is where the Lutheran Center is which I has taken pictures of and posted the other day. It was really great to have both an English service and a Japanese service. Hymns in a language you are just learning to read are great... it is like an endless flashcard. After the service I also had the privilege of traveling way north-east to attend a special short service at the church grave site. It was very beautiful and a great way to honor those brother's and sister's in Christ who have gone before us. That is what I would like to leave you with today. Please just think about those in your life that influenced you and led you and helped you in your walk with God. Think about those who may have influenced those that helped you, and on and on. There is a tremendous network of believers who stand together, some living, some gone, but all of whom are remembered and all of whom we will see again. And thank God for that!
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