Things here have been awesome. Really really awesome. The first hour I got here was a little intimidating, to walk into a room with 50+ people who I didn't know, but God really blessed that night. But first, a short aside about our living situation:
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| This is my bunk in the tent with the rest of the interns. The tent is outside of a house that Grace Mission Tohoku rents and uses as a headquarters of sorts.
Anyway, back to my first night. I was walking around looking for something to help out with and naturally, I stumbled into the kitchen and naturally, there was some work to help with. Cooking turned out to be a really good way to meet a handful of people, while being helpful and comfortable at the same time. I met Heather, Ellen, Nicole, and my long lost brother Derek who I'll show later. And because the house was so packed last week with volunteers helping out with the gospel festival, there was lots of cooking to help out with. Never in my life have I ever seen such massive amounts of food go through a kitchen like ours.
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| Culinary masters hard at work. |
I have had such a great time here so far that it's hard to imagine that it hasn't even been a week yet. And the people here at the house give everything so much life. When I was working in the kitchen that first night, I was surprised at how many people knew a lot of Japanese! Now I've never thought that my Japanese is very good, but these people blow me out of the water. It's humbling in a really cool way. It has also been such a blessing to listen to people tell their own stories of how God has led them to Japan and how they grew to have such a love for this country, and in a similar way it's been really helpful for me to be able to share with others how God's been working in my own life.
I'm already trying to plan my next trip back. :)
-Spencer
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