OMF Japan Days

The gang at OMF!!

Yeah, i know, it's nat... AGAIN! You're probably sick of reading the stuff I write, and I am sorry, but I happen to be the only one with slightly more time!

so bear with me dudes.

Onto the REAL story

Arriving safely to Ichikawa last night, today was our first day of orientation at the OMF in Japan. Meet the Jap short term mission co-ordinator Alison, who guided us in alot of useful information ! We also met the old Jap co-ordinator Bryan. He also happened to be someone who Pete knew from his last mission in Japan in Sapporo so that was heaps fun.

We also met the Brisbane team that is heading to a church in Hatazawa. They are all really awesome! It's so encouraging to see both teams crave the gospel to be reached to the people of Japan! It,s really interesting, because their team leader, Josh, happens to know alot of the Gracepointers that are from Brissy! "It's a small world AFTER ALL" ( found out Roy hates that song)

Like Hudson Taylor, we are suppose to blend into the Japanese culture to show the Japanese how Jesus is the light to our dark lives. So, as a result we had to learn over the etiquette of the Japanese. Our team discovered we broke nearly 15 out of the 40 etiquettes! Really pray that God will guide us so that we don't end up offending anyone as we evangelise!

We then did a cultural scavenger hunt at Ishikawa, where we had to put all the stuff we learnt into practice! That was fun. Heaps of funny photos and alot of great moments!

Great dinner! thnks to Gareth and ruth!!!

Count down to Aomori: 2 days!!!