Video for Unpcoming Trip to Japan

Old videos from 2009

Just the prologue for my summer. :-p

Chronicling my many missed turns, extra lefts, and train detours.

My first ever shopping trip in Mochida. BTW if you get motion sickness you probally shouldn't watch this video or at least you should skip the first 2 minutes. ^ ^

Of What May Not Be but Hopefully Will Be

These days have been extremely hard because of my desire to be in Japan when my life is here at school. I have been planning and saving to go back to Japan ever since I got back in 2009. I miss my friends, my church family, and the culture deeply. But I miss God's progress there the most. His constant push and my constant need to pray is what guided most of my days there, so when I found out that I could go back again in December I immediately started concretely getting ready to serve again this summer. I got the word out about my trip and started raising support by word of mouth, I got my assignment from my mission agency, and started I handing out my prayer cards when Friday, March 11^th came at 8am. It felt like the bottom of my world had been swept right from under me, and the shock and worry over friends consumed me as I struggled to get a hold of any information about my church family and friends not only in Japan but also in Hawaii. Thankfully all of my  friends there were alright but tens of thousands were left dead or missing and even more displaced without a home and common comforts. I am still grieving for these many losses even though I could never truly understand the loss and possible shame that the Japanese might be feeling right now, my only prayer is that God's glory and hope will be truly revealed during this time of great need.
    The possibility of my making it to Narita Airport on June 1^st, 2011 are still pretty good, but I have been making a backup plan just in case the worse should happen again. I believe in God's timing and in God's grace that all this happened for a reason. In addition, I know that out of this mess God' glory will be revealed whether I am there in Japan or not, and His progress is already very evident in the unity of the Japanese churches there. Please pray not just for the physical, monetary, and mental healing of this tragedy but a revelation of the hope that has always been.