Finals will be starting this week. That means that this past week was the last class I'll have will several of my students. This is a picture of me with half of the ID students. ID students are the highest achieving students in their class. They are fun to teach because they want to learn and you don't have to deal with discipline problems. Praise the Lord for a few of those classes and students!
"Come Alive"
(Joel Hanson, Caitlyn C.)
Face over heals
You fell into disaster
Ever since then
Your only running faster
Everyone knows
You'll never outrun yourself
Still everyone tries in one way or another
'Cause we've all got some
Tracks we'd like to cover
I wonder if it's time we all face the truth
And the truth is
Our mistakes do not define us
The truth is
Shame doesn't have to bind us
The truth is
The light will always find us
And dare us to come alive
What if we trusted all that we believe in
What if we moved from fear
And into freedom
What if in freedom
We could forgive ourselves
And the truth is
Our mistakes do not define us
The truth is
Shame doesn't have to bind us
The truth is
The light will always find us
And dare us to come alive
A couple of weeks ago my "summer parents" came to visit me. I worked with Dan and Karen (missionaries in Osaka) in 2003 for a couple of months. It was great to see them--to talk, eat, laugh, and sightsee together.
Goodbyes. Tonight there was a going away party for some friends. They were studying at one of the universities in Shimonoseki. They've been studying Japanese here for the past year. It's amazing how time flies. Katie (in the picture) is from Australia and Ebu is from Turkey. Every encounter I had with them was fun. Seeing them go is also a reminder that I will be leaving soon. Before I know it July will be here and I'll be the one saying goodbyes to friends and students.
Last week was my last class with the senior English majors. They get the month of February off to study, sleep, work, take driving lessons, etc. We spent our last class taking pictures, eating chocolate chip cookies, talking, and playing Catch Phrase. We had a lot of fun together. It is sad to see this class go. They are the students that I have had the most interaction with in my time here. I will miss these dear students. However, I'm also excited for them as they are spreading their wings and going off to universities around Japan. It was interesting to discover that all of them are planning on studying in international/cross-cultural areas--foreign economy, European culture, French, sociology, hotel management/hospitality, English, etc. I pray that the Lord's hand will be upon them and that he will continue to draw these students to himself.
A couple of weeks ago my "summer parents" came to visit me. I worked with Dan and Karen (missionaries in Osaka) in 2003 for a couple of months. It was great to see them--to talk, eat, laugh, and sightsee together.
