Weekly Re-Cap

Good news: I know what day of the week it is this time. On the other hand, I’m not sure what to say. Let’s see… Japanese studies are keeping me busy. It’s more and more clear to me that when April comes, and I’m full-time, I’m going...

Weekly Re-Cap (part one?)

Stuff about this week: 1. Japanese is still going well but getting harder. I’m going to have to turn it up a notch if I’m going to keep up. This week we were learning about complicated verb conjugations. It wouldn’t be so bad if they’re...

Weekly Re-Cap

Numbered highlights from the past week: 1. I have an English student now! Last Saturday I met with Yusuke, a guy who just moved to the area from Kanagawa and whom I got connected with through a missionary friend up there. Yusuke and I will start meeting more-or-less...

Weekly Re-cap

This week I… Visited a fellow-missionary’s church for their Sunday night “Gospel Cafe” event. Met some cool musician guys and had a good chat with them. Biked to class on my new bicycle. Podcasted. Had a good meeting with my pastor / mentor,...

Weekly Re-cap

As of tonight, I have officially been in Japan for one week. Things have been going well. I really like the people at the church here, and the neighborhood and city are going to be fun places to live. This week was spent mostly on getting aclimated and settled into my...