INTO THE WORLD

Hello from Japan!            We have been absolutely loving our time here in Japan. We have made some new friends and are really enjoying Hope Alive. The young adults ministry had a picnic at the park on Saturday and it was a blast! We had spike ball, volleyball, and a special dog friend who joined us. It was a perfect day of   fellowship and fun.             Brandon and I were asked to speak during the giving portion of the service this week. Brandon did a great job, I love getting to watch him on stage teaching God's word.                 Every Thursday we go out and hold up these signs to draw people into the church! We wave at them and say "hello" hoping that someone will make eye contact and engage with us. It's funny because some people just keep their heads down and don't acknowledge our existence and some are excited to talk with us because their English is good. There is also the middle ground who is shy, but once they look our direction we ask " how

       Konichiwa! We have finally made it to Japan after many months of praying! We are so thankful that God opened the door and that we arrived safely yesterday morning! We had a LONG 24 hours as we left the airport in Vietnam at 1am and arrived in Japan at 7:30 am. Once we arrived we took some time in the airport to figure out the currency and the train system( still trying to learn the trains) and got some Starbucks as we were running off of 3 hours of sleep!       We got our train pass cards and we went on our way to meet the pastor of Hope Alive Church.  We got to the church and were immediately welcomed by friendly faces. We spent some time hearing about the church and meeting some of the interns and staff members. We are so excited to be here and it was such a relief to be welcomed by all of these wonderful people.       Later that day we got back on the train to get to our basement apartment. We actually did not know where we were going to stay as Tokyo is a huge area. Heath, t