Sunday: I got to share my testimony at church in Japanese. I’m so thankful for the opportunity to be able to prepare a small part of my testimony with Keiko sensei beforehand. The process was very difficult, and slightly frustrating when trying to figure out the correct translation in Japanese, because of some cultural differences. …
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Week 6
Monday: I was invited to join a NC3 (another Christian church in Nagoya) event on Monday. It was an event that the KCM team (short term Korean American Team from LA) that was participating in. I got completely lost in the park that the BBQ was at. I was roaming around the ginormous park for …
Week 5
Highlights KYOTO: Tuesday & Wednesday Yukatas are worn in the summer time usually during festivals. A lot of foreigners were going around with these Yukatas around the temple. It was a nice experience, but would not recommend a ton of walking! The shoes are not very comfortable. This ryokan (Japanese style inn) was definitely a …
Week 4
Highlights The Parks City Presbyterian Church Team from Dallas, Texas, arrived in Nagoya late afternoon on Wednesday! However, I was stomach sick from Sunday this week, and I was up all night on Tuesday in the bathroom. So, I got to rest on this day and didn’t go to the airport to meet the team. …
Week 3
Highlights Moe is a seminary student at CBS (the seminary at CBI) and I met her at Family Chapel (once a week service for the CBS students). We got lunch together and she took me to a restaurant with the famous specialty foods of Nagoya. I loved chatting with her and getting to know her …
Week 2
SUNDAY: June 16 Ichibaku: Claire (another summer intern) and I are attending Ichibaku Gospel Church. There are about 15 people at this church, and they were super welcoming and accommodated for us in every way possible. They wrote Romaji (Romanization of Japanese) underneath all the lyrics for worship and had one of the church members …
Week 1
THURSDAY: June 13 Arrival: I arrived to the Chubu airport in Nagoya Japan at around 2:30 PM. I got picked up by Karis, who is a 2 year intern at CBI, and went straight to CBI and the apartment I was staying at to get my bike and drop off my luggage. Mentoring: The schedule …
Japan with Hannah 