Tomodachi!!!

[seichu kaisho]

Tomodachi = friends (in Japanese, of course)

Although a lot of my Japanese friends from last year moved back to Japan last May, I have met some new Japanese students already this year. Their names are Maiko, Yoshie, and Ayumi. They are Christians (WHOA!?!?) and normally attend ministry events. I met two of them at Navigators one night. I just praise God that they are believers and that I have the opportunity to fellowship with them and continue learning Japanese from them.

Some of my Japaense friends from last year are still around, too, whom I've had the opportunity to see and talk to again. I have old and new friends from other countries, too, some of which I know or presume are Christians, others whose religious standpoint I don't know yet.

Sometimes I sit with international friends at lunch and we usually talk about languages and about the countries they're from. It's so cool talking to them because they have so many interesting things to share. I try to remember to pray for them, and I hope you can as well.

[celinhamatos]

That's great that you have many Japanese friends but how about us that didnt sit near you? hahahahaaaa I dont believe that you forgot your brazilians friends just kidding!!! hope you have a great time there. God bless you

[seichu kaisho]

I do happen to have a Brazilian friend at UNI. His name is Frederico. Really cool guy. I think he's a Christian, too. I told him I have Brazilan friends from the Internet who are Petra fans & asked him if he'd heard of Petra before. But he said he hadn't. He wasn't familiar with Resgate or cs23 either, I don't think.

[celinhamatos]

oh Great to hear that you met a Brazilian at UNI. Ask him where is he from which city?

[Jonathan]

A blonde was watching the news when the anchor said "12 Brazilian soldiers were guarding the embassy today..." The blonde turned to her friend and said, "How many is a Brazilian..."

Thanks...I'll be here all week.

[seichu kaisho]

A blonde was watching the news when the anchor said "12 Brazilian soldiers were guarding the embassy today..." The blonde turned to her friend and said, "How many is a Brazilian..."

Thanks...I'll be here all week.

(*drums*) BA - DAM - CHING


Well, to answer your per-question-gunta, the guy's from S�o Paulo. Try saying that 3 times fast.

[seichu kaisho]

Here'z a list of my Japanese friends this year:

Maiko
Yoshie
Ayumi
Hiromi
Mayuko
Mayu
Kimiko
Natsumi
Azumi
Eri
Kyoko
Sachiko
Takeshi
Masaaki
Tsubasa
Takao
Kyosuke

Pray for Maiko and Yoshie (the believers) because they are going back to Japan this month. They became believers a couple years ago while being involved in a Navigators ministry outreach in Japan. Pray for God to help them share their faith with their non-christian families.

I think most the others in this list (except for a few) will be staying at UNI next semester and I don't know if any of them are believers yet.

This is also a master list of my Japanese friends from last year who are back in Japan: (whom I miss dearly)

Ai
Asako
Kaori
Tomoko
Yuko
Kaori
Mika
Akari
Tomoko
Hitomi
Mina (not from UNI, but went to my high school)
Atsushi
Satoshi
Satoshi

(yes, some of them have the same names!)

Make sure to pray for all of them (by name or as a whole, it don't matter). Some of them (from both lists) have had several chances to hear the gospel while at UNI.

Pray for those who are in Japan now - that they may find a church or outreach or something that will continually bring the gospel to them. Ministries are probably a lot harder to find in Japan than they are in the U.S. Also pray for those of them who are working or job hunting - that God will give them success.

Pray for those who are still here - for mroe chances to hear the gospel, and also that they will do well academically in their English classes and other classes. Finals week is next week so pray the do well on their tests.

[seichu kaisho]

Yo,

My sisters in Christ from Japan, Maiko and Yoshie, are going back to their country this month. They were great friends to me and I'm really going to miss them. Pray hard for them while they're over there. I think God could really use them to reach out to their family and friends.

[seichu kaisho]

Also pray for Kyoko - she's going back to Nihon too. She was a good friend of mine and I'm gonna miss her too.