Day 1

We made it safe and sound! We arrived in Tokyo at about 5:30pm Japan time Saturday 14^th. The flight was awesome, Singapore Airlines was superb. However, we did run into some choppy turbulence due to the Typhoon that was hitting Okinawa and the southern island of Kyushu, it’s due to hit Tokyo sometime tomorrow. So we are due for quite a bit of rain and stormy weather. Every time we were served food on the plane the turbulence kicked in, God’s humor. Isaiah and I had a lot of fun with our drinks, a memorable time that involved coffee cups dancing in the air and many napkins.

The flight was shorter then expected and when we arrived we were greeted by the muggy humidity of Japan’s rainy season, rain, and a nice temperate condition of about 70ºF. It was actually quite enjoyable encountering some rain, being that it has been about 6 months since we’ve seen some good rain in L.A.

Yoshie Takahashi met us at the airport. We then hit up Starbucks and then headed out for our two hour bus ride to Tachikawa, in which Yoshie updated us about everything going on at the church. As we arrived in Tachikawa we haled a cab, being that it was pouring rain and we didn’t want to walk in it, to take us to the church where Isaiah and I would stay the first night. It was fun seeing stuff that I recognized and also seeing new buildings arising with the new development.

When we got to the (Ekimae Tachikawa Christo Kyokai) “Christ Church of Tachikawa in front of the station” we were warmly greeted by Sensei Takahashi and a South Korean who is also staying at the church. Sensei and Yoshie then treated us to a nice Japanese dinner. Afterwards we returned to the church being that Sunday is tomorrow and Isaiah, Kai, and I would be acting out some skits for the Sunday School classes. It has been a long day and we are tired and I am ready for bed. So hopefully tomorrow sometime I will have time to post again.

Thank you all again for your prayers and your thoughts. God Bless you. Jamatane “See you later!”