Goodness of God

Hello everyone~

What a week filled with blessings and realizations of the goodness of God.  This week I experienced a lot, so I just want to share some of the things that I went through or experienced:

I was able to rest, I was able to find time to read my book, I got sick, had people worry about me and bring me food while I was sick, I had a chance to get to know the newer Jesus Soldiers a little better, I have a new floor mate (finally!), I got to go see Sasaki at his freshmen entrance ceremony, I got to play guitar with Kohei and worship with him, I went to a campus to pass out some flyers and talk about Funky Club, got in trouble passing out flyers by the staff at the school (haha), I got to see sakura trees with some J-House members I don’t normally hang out with, we did our very first Big Wave on Good Friday, I got to play guitar during worship (finally!! Praise God!), played drums for Friday and Sunday service, ate sushi, took a lot of pictures, had one really nice and beautiful day, had time to talk with my mom (very quickly), had a great conversation with some native English speakers (who are also leaders at this church [Mimi, Jonie, Christina], with the new Jesus Soldiers here my work is now spread out so that I can focus more on the things that I am confident at doing, the list goes on…

I must admit that during this week, I sometimes forgot that it was Passion Week…however, some how something throughout the day always made me think about Jesus and what he did for us on the cross.　 私は神に感謝している！主よありがとう！(Watashi wa Kami ni kanshashiteiru! Shu yo arigatou!) I have no idea if this is correct grammar or even the right words… but I am grateful to God and I thank him for being everything to me.

“Words are not enough to tell You of our love so listen to our hearts” 

[Listen to Our Hearts – Geoff Moore]

Lord, help me to remember that the power of Your resurrection is something that I can boast about and know that if everything in this world should be in total chaos and confusion, that this one thing is something I know I can hang on to and save me from the darkness.

4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. [Romans 6:4]

This is a video that I recorded during our first service. The song is “I Will Run To You” – Hillsong…Here are the lyrics:

Your eye is on the sparrow

And Your hand, it comforts me

From the ends of the Earth to the depth of my heart

Let Your mercy and strength be seen

You call me to Your purpose

As angels understand

For Your glory, may You draw all men

As Your love and grace demand

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power

But by the spirit of God

Yes I will run the race

'Till I see Your face

Oh let me live in the glory of Your grace

I hope everyone has a blessed Easter, or if it already passed for you, then may you remember that God’s grace is sufficient and may your days be filled with joy, challenges, and blessings. Through it all, may God mold you, his workmanship, into what he envisioned you to be! God bless you all!

(Ok...I uploaded a bunch of pictures on Facebook, so if you want to look at pictures, go there...haha)

P.S. I had a dream where I thought I was in Australia, then woke up and thought I was in America, but looked around and realized I was in Japan. Hahahaha… oh joy. :P