Where in the world....did I go?

      Wow! It's been almost two months since my last blog update....and that's right after I posted that I would try to be more regular about it! Well, let me give you the summary of the last two months.
     March: I went on my retreat and had an amazing and fun time! After I returned we gained several new staff and began staff training for the DTS (Discipleship Training School) that would be arriving in April. Before that, we had a staff conference near Mt.Fuji where all the YWAM (Youth With A Mission) staff in Japan met to discuss our ministries, what we see God doing, and what specifically He wants us as a whole to pray for and help with. I really enjoyed the staff conference immensely! It was great to meet all the other staff and to be able to hang out, worship, pray, and play together. I felt so at home and at peace there and I know (not that I ever thought otherwise) that they were all amazingly gifted people and I'm excited for next year's conference and what that will bring!
     April: The start of April brought our DTS students in! It was also a start for many new things for me. I began helping my friend, who is a university professor, with a TOEIC class she's teaching at my church. I've also finally selected a church and have been going there consistently. It's interesting because it's a japanese church and the only one who can speak English fluently in my church is me and my friend and she usually has to translate for me! However, I felt that God was calling me to attend there and as my feeling of newness and shyness wears off I've really begun to enjoy them and their fellowship. A bible study I am helping with in a university has also started up again and the first meeting was full! It's triple what it was towards the end of the last semester! I'm amazed and I thank God for the people He's bringing in and for the wonderful things He is and will be doing through this bible study and the people who attend. The turn of the months, from March to April, brought also a wedding and a move. One of our staff was married on March 31st to beautiful japanese woman who loves God more than she loves him and they looked so great together! We, meaning all of the YWAM Tokyo staff moved closer to Ikebukuro, and closer to where we feel God wants us to be, in Ikebukuro. We are still hoping to move into Ikebukuro and are praying for the housing to do so.
     As for other news, I will be speaking at my church next week as our pastor and assistant pastor and a few other members are going to Korea on a mission trip. I will be sharing my testimony on God's faithfulness and persistence in my life! There will be many more adventures to share in more detail, and pray that I remember and am persistent myself in keeping up this blog!