I Made It!

Last night I finally made it to Japan! I went to orientation at The Evangelical Alliance Mission from last Monday to Saturday. That was really awesome and I learned a lot about cultural differences and sharing the good news with people. Saturday morning I awoke at 5:30, took a Limo to the Airport, waited an hour, got on a plane to Detroit, Michigan. Then imidiately got on a 13 hour flight to Narita, Japan. The flight was meh. I sat between two people. The one on my left was snoring so loud I could here him with my headphones turned up all the way. He also took up half my seat so I had to lean to my right for most of the time. LOL. I did sleep though which is good. I had a todler kick my seat here in there but the plane finally made it. When I was about to get off the plane, they sat everyone back down and inspected all of us for the Swine Flu. But of course, I did not have it so I was fine! I got through customs and everything and found the guy that had my name on a sign. It was Dan Rudd. He's the guy I'm working under at the school. We went below the airport into the train station and took three trains totaling 2 hours. Train statios are crazy and confusing but Dan knew what he was doing. We went to his house first and had pizza. Getting off the plane I found it to be very humid and damp. It has been cloudy since I have been here.

After Pizza at the Rudd's house, he took me to my apartment. I am sharing it with another thort term missionary working with another group. He's cool. I met him, chatted for 5 minutes, and went to bed at 7:30 PM here. The bed is a Japanese style futon, really neat. I woke up at 3:00 wide awake and walked around and prayed, then went back to bed. Then my alarm went off at 6:15 AM and I started getting ready for my first day. I had Japanese Frosted Flakes for breakfast!!! Then road my bike to the school, got introduced to everyone, and starting my volunteering.

One thing I have noticed in Japan, is everyone is so orderly. They line up on the escalator, all to the left, so a person can run up the right side if they are late! That is awesome thinking! I wish America had that thinking. Well, that's it for now. I will take some pictures and upload them here hopefully. They will be on my facebook for sure! Thank you for praying for me. Please pray for some energy for me. I am very jetlagged. :)