Hi friends,
Another late blog update… (supposed to be every Monday). Sorry about that. We’ve been kind of busy having fun with our little Japanese friend who’s visiting. Thanks Jon for great ideas! We did go to the beach… and got sunburn. Pretty bad too. I was a little worried that my little Japanese friend would be deadly scared of getting tan like a lot of Japanese girls are, but this one turned out to be a rebellious one. She said getting tan was what she was here for, (well, and shopping). She is studying piano at a music college in Tokyo where it is a norm for girls to wear fancy dresses to school and use an umbrella to keep their skin nice and fair. Apparently she is not afraid of being different from everybody else. That’s the spirit we need as Japanese Christians, not afriad of being different from everybody else, so I guess it’s good that my Japanese friend is getting tan over here in California. But sunburn is not.
Anyways, we did go to Ross as Jon suggested. It’s a clothes store. She couldn’t believe how cheap things were. Also, we went to one of the art fairs in Laguna Beach, the mall, Hollywood, UCLA, Santa Monica, Orange County fair, etc. She enjoyed shopping at American clothes stores like Old Navy and American Eagle. She’s had some Del Taco and McDonalds, and been to Walmart. Still gotta take her to In-N-Out. We’ve been doing a lot of High School Musical watching too. We have all three movies right now thanks to JoAnna and Netflix. Today we’re going to hit the beach again. A little sunburn will not stop her from going back. She has another week in California.
Please continue praying for our job situations. We still don’t know if Jesus Film will keep David for 20 hours/week or let him go after August. Tomo is still waiting for her work permit to come in mail. Praise God for being good and faithful!