In JAPAN!

Hello! I am sorry it took me a while to blog from Japan, but I have been pretty busy getting settled in and recovering from the flight. However, I made it perfectly fine and everything is going fantastic. Tuesday (the day I arrived) I rested most of the day. Wednesday I was able to stay in the house and me and the other two girls who are going through orientation with me went through some information to prepare us for our time in Japan. Today we went to the Imperial Palace in the center of Tokyo and did a prayer walk for all of areas in Japan and then we went to the oncen (public baths with hot tubs) and ate sushi. Today was very tiring, but it was all good experiences.

I am staying with the SEND short-term coordinator and his family. He and his wife have 5 amazing kids and their house is wonderful. They have provided for us very well. The two other people going through orientation at the same time are Miho and Tariho. Miho is very Japan and she is going to Bible college in Canada. She is here for a six week internship for her school. Tariho is from Michigan and is also attending Bible college in Canada (a different one than Miho) and is here for 6 months like me! We are all at different churches, but we should be able to keep in contact while we are all in Japan.

Tomorrow we are going to hand out tracks at different shrines and temples and then head to the
SEND Center here in Japan. We will spend the night at the Center than head to Okutama Bible Chalet for the SEND family conference. We will be there until the end of the week.

Thank you so much for your love and support! Keep praying!

Love, Amanda

On my way to California!

Hello! Well I finally left Missouri last night about 9:00 PM, only 2 hours late. Unfortaneatly, I missed my connecting flight in Denver and had to spend the night in the airport! What a night! I will be lucky if this is the only time I will be in an airport overnight with all of the traveling I will be doing in the next 6 months. I should be boarding my plane to Sacramento in about 30 mintues and then on my way to see Jacinda! I am excited to spend time with her.

My flight are final for next week! I am leaving Sacramento at about 8:oo AM on Monday, June 22nd and should arrive in Tokyo about 12 hours later (but really it will be about 26 hours later because of the time change!). That will be a fast day. I am looking forward to the next week and what it holds.

Again, thank you for all of your support (prayer and financial). I will update once I am in California about how it is going and more about the last few days.

Long time, No blog!

Hello Blog Followers! I hope this finds you all well. The past few weeks have flown by and I cannot even begin to describe them! God has blessed me time and time again. I will leave for Japan on June 22nd from Sacramento, CA. I will fly to LA and then a 12 hour flight to Tokyo. I will be leaving for CA on June 16th to visit my friend, Jacinda. I am excited to see her and spend time in California. Then, off to Japan to serve my Jesus. When I arrive in Japan, I will stay a few days with a missionary family and then head to Okutama Bible Chalet (the Bible camp) to attend the SEND Family Conference. This conference is a yearly event where all of the missionary families in Japan can get together. That will be a great experience to get a good idea of what is done in Japan. Then, I will travel to Yokohama to start my work at Shonan Nozomi Christ Church. I will spend a few weeks at the camp during the summer, but I will mainly be at the church.

God has provided ALL of the funds for the trip. I knew that HE was the only one who could do it and HE pulled through BIG time. My benefit sale on Saturday could not have went better. I was able to raise (with the help from family) $2200!! I wish I could share with each and every one of you how God has confirmed this call again and again in my life. I thank each and every one of you for your generous giving, but most of all your PRAYERS! I know that I am lifted up by a lot of people and without the prayers nothing would have been possible. Thank you for believing in me, but most of all believing in God's Mission!

I will blog before I leave for CA, and then from CA! Pics to come. LOVE, MANDY