There are sixteen of us total, counting myself and two other college interns. It's such a fun group. (Perhaps I should update you on this-I left one of the high-schoolers in the bathroom yesterday and got on the train without her while miscounting heads. Quite a teachable moment for me. So glad everything turned out okay! It's moments like those where I know God had a purpose in that happening-to test MY character as a leader, and to build some individual courage for this particular high-schooler).
Back to today-
I had an incredible conversation today with a woman named Yumi. She was passing through Shinjuku to look for a job, because she had been jobless for the past 8 months. I met her during 5-Minute English and couldn't believe how God directed my steps in that conversation. She had told me about her experience living stateside in a pastor's home, and what that was like for her. She described to me how Christians are "bad," but some of them are good. I asked her to elaborate on that, and to tell me why she felt some Christians are bad. She kept apologizing for her honesty, and I said "dijaboo," (or "it's okay, you can be honest with me"). We ended up going further into that-she didn't like that Christians cannot except Buddhists. To which I told her-Yumi, Jesus loves Buddhists. I explained to her the verse 1 Timothy 2:4, how it's God's desire for all men to be saved. But there is only one man that has the power to save. Our conversation was cut short but she agreed to have dinner with me on Wednesday evening. I asked her if she'd allow me to pray for her job process, and she said, "Yes, I am pleased to have met you." (Such cute proper english).
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