Filmed this in March while waiting near the busiest and largest subway station in Tokyo, Shinjuku. This was after rush hour but still lots of people around.
Thanksgiving?
15 years ago
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
I'm Here (again)
Picture 1. -Abbotsford Day before I left 2.- My Plane in San Fransisco 
3+4 - These two are from the taxi that picked me up from the airport in Tokyo. You can see the rush hour traffic that we met up with.
5.It took almost three hours just to get out of Tokyo. In this picture is a lot housing in a small area.
My trip back to Norhtstar looked like this. Leave Abbotsford 3:50 a.m. - Fly out to 6:40 - 2 hours to San Fransisco - two hour lay over in San Fran plane leaves at 11:30 a.m. - Travel back past Vancouver and follow near Alaska and Russia then dip down to Japan 12 hours - Once in Japan taxi picks me up at 3 p.m Japan time about 11:00 p.m? my time - Taxi takes over six hours to Matsumoto 10:00 p.m - and lastly a 40 min drive up mountain.
Its really great to be back. I feel really revived and rested, although I need to get over jet lag. But when I left I was pretty exhausted and had lost focus. After speaking with Dan the director here, I am really excited about my future role here. I will begin teaching in the schools next week already and I will also be teaching a different adult class down mountain a bit.
Its still somewhat cold here. Not quite shorts weather yet. Even Tokyo was chillier than I though. Thing are much greener and it is absolutely beautiful up here in the mountains.
Well thats all for now I will post some pictures of Northstar in the summer soon.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Leaving for the Airport in 4 hours
Hey all,
Well its a strange feeling looking at the clock and thinking about leaving this country in the next 6 hours. A year is a long time and this time it is almost certain I will be staying for that long. I now have my working holiday visa in hand. It is a single entry visa, which means every time I want to leave the country and re enter I will have to apply for a re entry permit. Kinda a hassle and in cost $60 every time.
Its exciting to think about what this next year will hold, I am expecting God to do some amazing things in Japan. It is hard though to say goodbye again, as life goes on. Even though in coming back it seems like I just left and everything should be like it was. The thing that is comforting is that after spending years with many of you, it is just like nothing changed, just with more exciting stories to share.
So to all those family and friend who may read this. I guess this is goodbye for now, but when we meet again it really won't feel like that much time has past. I am excited to see what God does in your lives, over the next while. Keep me updated. And get mad at me if I don't update this blog often. It really is something I want to do, just easy to put off.
In closing here are some verses that came to mind. Paul's words but also my prayer for you all.
Philippians 1:3-11
3 Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. 4 Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, 5 for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. 6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
7 So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News. 8 God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.
9 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. 10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. 11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ[a]—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
Well its a strange feeling looking at the clock and thinking about leaving this country in the next 6 hours. A year is a long time and this time it is almost certain I will be staying for that long. I now have my working holiday visa in hand. It is a single entry visa, which means every time I want to leave the country and re enter I will have to apply for a re entry permit. Kinda a hassle and in cost $60 every time.
Its exciting to think about what this next year will hold, I am expecting God to do some amazing things in Japan. It is hard though to say goodbye again, as life goes on. Even though in coming back it seems like I just left and everything should be like it was. The thing that is comforting is that after spending years with many of you, it is just like nothing changed, just with more exciting stories to share.
So to all those family and friend who may read this. I guess this is goodbye for now, but when we meet again it really won't feel like that much time has past. I am excited to see what God does in your lives, over the next while. Keep me updated. And get mad at me if I don't update this blog often. It really is something I want to do, just easy to put off.
In closing here are some verses that came to mind. Paul's words but also my prayer for you all.
Philippians 1:3-11
3 Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. 4 Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, 5 for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. 6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
7 So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News. 8 God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.
9 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. 10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. 11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ[a]—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
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