So I don't get internet in my aparment til the end of this month, so I am stealing someone elses wireless internet to write this message from my apartment. My first posting from my apartment! Most days I try to steal internet, but this is the first day that I have been successful at it. Yay for piracy. So, I got a regrigerator, stove, and microwave today. So finally, I can keep perishable items!!! this is huge.
So today was church. And for the first time in my life, I would have to say that church is the thing that I most look forward to every week. That may sound a little weird, especially considering that everything is in Japanese and I have basically no idea what anyone is talking about, but its nice to be in worship (period). And the people that come to this church are some of the most interesting people that I get to be with all week. It is a good time for me to practice listening to Japanese (after all, I hope someday to be able to have serious conversations about personal beliefs in Japanese). And after church, we all sit around the table (there are usually no more than 10 of us), eating snacks and drinking coke and green tea, and talk about all kinds of things, just casual conversation with lots of smiles and laughing. I love it!!! And every week I meet new people and every week I'm amazed at how much fun I have only understanding about 10-15% of the sermon, and 25-40% of the casual conversation.
So I know that there is a lot being left out in all of these entries, so for that, I apologize. I don't have much free time, I usually don't have easy access to the internet, and the free time that I do have is usually spent shopping for appliances and other household items. I'm still getting settled, but everyday, my apartment and this city is feeling more and more like home.
