Goodbye for now everyone~! I'll see ya all in 2 months ^^ Dont think I'm going to make a new blog, so just email me at j_song13@hotmail.com , just don't write about christian stuff or any locations Im at.
I'll miss you all ^^ Take care and don't forget me now haha.
Love Love
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Last day in Hawaii before China/Japan
LAST DAY!! FINALLY IS HERE!! TOOK LONG ENOUGH!!! BUT IS FINALLY HERE!!
I'll be leaving at 4:30am tomorrow morning, but most likely won't sleep or I'd probably wake up late ><; Just gunna stay up all night and count down the hours haha.
We'll be stopping off in Japan first from 1pm-9:30am the next day, so we'll be staying at a hotel nearby the airport. We're thinking of going and exploring a little bit in Tokyo and buying a meal there ^^.
It's one of my many goals in life to go to Japan, so I guess I can finally check this one off my list ^^. Some other random ones I can think of is....
-Go to Australia and visit the Hillsong church
-Go to Texas and visit the Lakewood church
-Go to Korea and visit 5 of the biggest churches in the world
-Go to Egypt and explore the pyramids, and try to climb up one
-Go to Rome and see the Colosseum and eat real pasta
-Eat dog meat and other weird animals (might get to check this one off in China)
-Own a professional level guitar
-Have my first new hairstyle
-Create a band and record a CD
-Have an open vision from God
-Perform a miracle
-Get married
-Etc etc etc
Anyways, this marks a huge milestone in my life because I'm going to be going confidently and without fear into a place that should be feared haha. I'm just going to trust that God loves me enough to keep me safe, cuz He's already been good enough to give me the opportunity to live in Hawaii for 3 months, and then go to Japan and China! What a good God my God is xD. So glad I'm on His side haha.
Anyways, none of you will see me (most likely) for 2 months, so keep praying for me and wishing me luck xD. I'll contact everyone when I can and give an update when I can ^^.
I wish you all the best and I love you all ^^ God bless ya~
I'll be leaving at 4:30am tomorrow morning, but most likely won't sleep or I'd probably wake up late ><; Just gunna stay up all night and count down the hours haha.
We'll be stopping off in Japan first from 1pm-9:30am the next day, so we'll be staying at a hotel nearby the airport. We're thinking of going and exploring a little bit in Tokyo and buying a meal there ^^.
It's one of my many goals in life to go to Japan, so I guess I can finally check this one off my list ^^. Some other random ones I can think of is....
-Go to Australia and visit the Hillsong church
-Go to Texas and visit the Lakewood church
-Go to Korea and visit 5 of the biggest churches in the world
-Go to Egypt and explore the pyramids, and try to climb up one
-Go to Rome and see the Colosseum and eat real pasta
-Eat dog meat and other weird animals (might get to check this one off in China)
-Own a professional level guitar
-Have my first new hairstyle
-Create a band and record a CD
-Have an open vision from God
-Perform a miracle
-Get married
-Etc etc etc
Anyways, this marks a huge milestone in my life because I'm going to be going confidently and without fear into a place that should be feared haha. I'm just going to trust that God loves me enough to keep me safe, cuz He's already been good enough to give me the opportunity to live in Hawaii for 3 months, and then go to Japan and China! What a good God my God is xD. So glad I'm on His side haha.
Anyways, none of you will see me (most likely) for 2 months, so keep praying for me and wishing me luck xD. I'll contact everyone when I can and give an update when I can ^^.
I wish you all the best and I love you all ^^ God bless ya~
Monday, March 29, 2010
2 more days as of now
2 more days in Hawaii and then off to Japan/China we go. Monday we have a Love Feast which is like an end of the lecture phase party. We're supposed to dress up, but I don't have any nice clothes at all x.x; I didn't think to bring any before I came cuz I thought they said to bring sucky clothes that we wouldn't mind getting dirty. Apparently they said to dress up a bit for China too (not sure about Japan, but I'm guessing moreso). I guess I'm going to go extreme shopping in China and buy a lot of cheap decent quality clothes for factory price, heck ya xD haha.
I was talking to some people that went there, and this guy was saying he got Diesel clothes for $10!! In Canada, Diesel is a famous brand and sells for usually $100-500 for regular clothing :O! I so want to buy a suitcase and fill it up haha. "I'm here for missions, I'm here for missions, I'm here for missions, I'm here for missions @.@;"
My brother said there's this yellow dust that's been blowing in Korea and Japan. It's apparently from all the pollution in China, and he said in China it gets so thick that you cant see in front of you >.<; It causes lung problems...so hopefully my lungs will be ok...after all they've already been through. I better not end up in the hospital during this missions trip! God heal me!!
Well randomness, but apparently a Korean guy went to Japan to marry his life size pillow with an anime character on it. There's so many things wrong with that statement. First he just HAD to be Korean, second he married his pillow and takes it everywhere he goes, third the anime character is from a children's show about a girl with magical powers (kind of like sailor moon I think), fourth the anime character is like a little kid, fifth Japan actually allows marriages to pillows...etc. Man, our trip to Japan should be interesting haha.
I was talking with some of the white people from my group and told them about the above story and they were like o.O;!!! haha. I also told them some guys look/dress like girls and they were telling me they thought anime was like the weirdest thing haha. Kiley told me that there's a section of Tokyo that's all dedicated to Anime, so maybe I'll go check that out if I remember and see how many old men I see walking around with anime pillows haha.
Well I gotta wake up early on Monday so I'll post more later, see ya all and God bless ^^
I was talking to some people that went there, and this guy was saying he got Diesel clothes for $10!! In Canada, Diesel is a famous brand and sells for usually $100-500 for regular clothing :O! I so want to buy a suitcase and fill it up haha. "I'm here for missions, I'm here for missions, I'm here for missions, I'm here for missions @.@;"
My brother said there's this yellow dust that's been blowing in Korea and Japan. It's apparently from all the pollution in China, and he said in China it gets so thick that you cant see in front of you >.<; It causes lung problems...so hopefully my lungs will be ok...after all they've already been through. I better not end up in the hospital during this missions trip! God heal me!!
Well randomness, but apparently a Korean guy went to Japan to marry his life size pillow with an anime character on it. There's so many things wrong with that statement. First he just HAD to be Korean, second he married his pillow and takes it everywhere he goes, third the anime character is from a children's show about a girl with magical powers (kind of like sailor moon I think), fourth the anime character is like a little kid, fifth Japan actually allows marriages to pillows...etc. Man, our trip to Japan should be interesting haha.
I was talking with some of the white people from my group and told them about the above story and they were like o.O;!!! haha. I also told them some guys look/dress like girls and they were telling me they thought anime was like the weirdest thing haha. Kiley told me that there's a section of Tokyo that's all dedicated to Anime, so maybe I'll go check that out if I remember and see how many old men I see walking around with anime pillows haha.
Well I gotta wake up early on Monday so I'll post more later, see ya all and God bless ^^
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Departure of friends
So yesterday me and 4 others went out to BubbaGump restaurant. If you've seen the movie "Forrest Gump" then you know what I'm talking about. It's a Seafood (mostly shrimp) restaurant and we ordered A LOT. One of us was going to be going back to California, so it was a lil goodbye party. Check facebook for some pictures (get a facebook shin!).
We then went to the farmer's market and the girl who was leaving got a Henna tattoo (non-permanent tattoo) of the Chinese letter for peace. We then met up with a man who works there that we met on our community outreach. I said hi and when I said his name, he was kind of shocked because he said his name is really hard to remember and barely anyone remembers his name's Sanzo. He was a really nice man and tried to give us a $5 bag of macadamia nuts for free, but I insisted to pay, so he told us to meet him again when we come back ^^.
When we got back, it was leaving time for my friend and also a DTS group with 2 of my roommates. Kind of sad, but it's all good, just gotta wait 2 and a half months to see them again. I'm really looking forward to hearing their stories cuz this DTS was totally on fire this whole past week, so should be interesting xD.
But all of them leaving is making me realize how soon all of us are going to be split up around the world. Just 3 days left...and I'll be on a plane off to China, away from most of the people I met here and also with no contact (maybe) with everyone back at home.
I just gotta be strong and remember to do my best on the mission trip so that I have some awesome testimonies to tell them all about my journey in China ^^ Seemed like forever to get to this last week, but now that I'm living it, it seems so fast hahah How ironic.
Well see ya all later ^^ God bless~
We then went to the farmer's market and the girl who was leaving got a Henna tattoo (non-permanent tattoo) of the Chinese letter for peace. We then met up with a man who works there that we met on our community outreach. I said hi and when I said his name, he was kind of shocked because he said his name is really hard to remember and barely anyone remembers his name's Sanzo. He was a really nice man and tried to give us a $5 bag of macadamia nuts for free, but I insisted to pay, so he told us to meet him again when we come back ^^.
When we got back, it was leaving time for my friend and also a DTS group with 2 of my roommates. Kind of sad, but it's all good, just gotta wait 2 and a half months to see them again. I'm really looking forward to hearing their stories cuz this DTS was totally on fire this whole past week, so should be interesting xD.
But all of them leaving is making me realize how soon all of us are going to be split up around the world. Just 3 days left...and I'll be on a plane off to China, away from most of the people I met here and also with no contact (maybe) with everyone back at home.
I just gotta be strong and remember to do my best on the mission trip so that I have some awesome testimonies to tell them all about my journey in China ^^ Seemed like forever to get to this last week, but now that I'm living it, it seems so fast hahah How ironic.
Well see ya all later ^^ God bless~
Friday, March 26, 2010
Random Post
So 5 more days until China/Japan time :O! So close now, it's really exciting ^^. Kind of sad in a way because we'll have to say goodbye to everyone. Two of my roommates are going to be leaving on Saturday (tomorrow) and we'll be leaving on the Wednesdays at 7am, so probably have to wake up at 4am on that day x.x; Others I know are going to be leaving on the 1st of April so it's all pretty random.
Forget if I wrote this, but a few people are leaving to go back home (or already left). One of the guys in our outreach team actually went home because the leaders said he wasn't ready for outreach and he agreed that he had some stuff to take care of back at home. Same thing happened with a girl from the Call2All DTS, so we're having a goodbye lunch thing on Saturday before she leaves. I also found out that another girl from that DTS left yesterday and I didn't even know she was leaving o.O; She said she wasn't ready for her India/China outreach, but it's really sad to hear cuz I bet she would have done awesome there. She just had to believe more in herself in my opinion.
So on Wednesday we're leaving at 7am and arriving there at Tokyo airport at 1pm (not sure who's time), but we'll be staying there for 8 hours I heard until our next flight to China is ready. Because we'd have to sleep there overnight and the airport closes, the airport has given us a free stay at a hotel nearby which is totally awesome cuz we thought we'd be sleeping on benches haha. I think the airplane ride should be around 8 hours to Japan and then another 2 hours to China. Once I'm in China though, I probably won't be able to use the internet, or if I do, I probably won't write or post anything about Christianity because I don't want to make any trouble for the long term missionaries that live here. If you're going to write to me DONT write anything christian or religious or anything!! Unless you want to see my face after couple of years after I come out of a Chinese prison.
My leaders made an email address for the team that's more secure and harder for the government to read, so I put down my mom's email address for them to write to her in case anything happens. So if you don't see me online after 2 months and a half months, ask her what happened (if you can) haha.
Well I gotta go to class now, see ya all later ^^
Forget if I wrote this, but a few people are leaving to go back home (or already left). One of the guys in our outreach team actually went home because the leaders said he wasn't ready for outreach and he agreed that he had some stuff to take care of back at home. Same thing happened with a girl from the Call2All DTS, so we're having a goodbye lunch thing on Saturday before she leaves. I also found out that another girl from that DTS left yesterday and I didn't even know she was leaving o.O; She said she wasn't ready for her India/China outreach, but it's really sad to hear cuz I bet she would have done awesome there. She just had to believe more in herself in my opinion.
So on Wednesday we're leaving at 7am and arriving there at Tokyo airport at 1pm (not sure who's time), but we'll be staying there for 8 hours I heard until our next flight to China is ready. Because we'd have to sleep there overnight and the airport closes, the airport has given us a free stay at a hotel nearby which is totally awesome cuz we thought we'd be sleeping on benches haha. I think the airplane ride should be around 8 hours to Japan and then another 2 hours to China. Once I'm in China though, I probably won't be able to use the internet, or if I do, I probably won't write or post anything about Christianity because I don't want to make any trouble for the long term missionaries that live here. If you're going to write to me DONT write anything christian or religious or anything!! Unless you want to see my face after couple of years after I come out of a Chinese prison.
My leaders made an email address for the team that's more secure and harder for the government to read, so I put down my mom's email address for them to write to her in case anything happens. So if you don't see me online after 2 months and a half months, ask her what happened (if you can) haha.
Well I gotta go to class now, see ya all later ^^
Monday, March 22, 2010
Oppression?
One of the guys in my China team is actually doing his DTS a second time because he couldn't complete it the first time cuz of some stuff he had to sort out back at home. Anyways, he said that before everyone leaves, there's usually a lot of oppression from the enemy/Satan. I also heard that if Satan knows you're going to do something big or significant, then he'll do everything he can to scare you away from it, make you physically ill, etc. so that you can't.
From what I can see so far, some people are going back home because they're not ready apparently. I know of 2 people that are going home and one of them is a guy in my outreach (he actually left today). I was kind of surprised because I thought he was actually growing as a Christian, but he said he had to go back home to sort some things out before coming back to complete his DTS. So now our outreach group is down to 11 people ><;
There are still a bunch of people who need outreach money, one being my roommate. I really hope he goes on mission because he's changed a lot since he's come here, so would be great to see him come back and tell of all the stuff he saw and did. I'm really lucky and never really had to worry about money at all, so I can't imagine how hard it must be for the ones who still need their outreach money. They have no clue where the money's going to come from cuz their families aren't that rich, and they need like $2000+ in 1 week.
Lately and especially today, I feel like I'm being attacked more in a spiritual aspect. To those who dunno or don't believe in the spiritual realm, this will sound weird to you. Anyways, I don't really know how to explain it cuz I don't really understand it that well. Recently I've been feeling the Holy spirit inside of me a lot more constantly (like that feeling you get when you're really into praise, to those who've felt it in church). Like the feeling never really leaves me these days, which is very different than what I'm used to. Anyways, the attacking aspect tho, is that now that I can feel that, it feels like I'm more sensitive to the not so good spirits as well o.O; Like today I woke up and it felt like I didn't sleep at all even though I slept in. Right away I noticed this really weird bad feeling inside that wouldn't go away x.x; I was totally disengaged in worship in the morning which is really rare, but after hearing the teaching in class it got a bit better. I just figure I gotta deal with all my issues here in Hawaii before I go to mission or else it'll come up there and get worse. I guess I'll be praying a lot more and fasting a bit ><;
Well I'm just going to trust that I'll overcome it soon and be able to do great on mission. I think I need some prayers @.@;
Anyways, awkward place to end, but see ya all later. God bless~
From what I can see so far, some people are going back home because they're not ready apparently. I know of 2 people that are going home and one of them is a guy in my outreach (he actually left today). I was kind of surprised because I thought he was actually growing as a Christian, but he said he had to go back home to sort some things out before coming back to complete his DTS. So now our outreach group is down to 11 people ><;
There are still a bunch of people who need outreach money, one being my roommate. I really hope he goes on mission because he's changed a lot since he's come here, so would be great to see him come back and tell of all the stuff he saw and did. I'm really lucky and never really had to worry about money at all, so I can't imagine how hard it must be for the ones who still need their outreach money. They have no clue where the money's going to come from cuz their families aren't that rich, and they need like $2000+ in 1 week.
Lately and especially today, I feel like I'm being attacked more in a spiritual aspect. To those who dunno or don't believe in the spiritual realm, this will sound weird to you. Anyways, I don't really know how to explain it cuz I don't really understand it that well. Recently I've been feeling the Holy spirit inside of me a lot more constantly (like that feeling you get when you're really into praise, to those who've felt it in church). Like the feeling never really leaves me these days, which is very different than what I'm used to. Anyways, the attacking aspect tho, is that now that I can feel that, it feels like I'm more sensitive to the not so good spirits as well o.O; Like today I woke up and it felt like I didn't sleep at all even though I slept in. Right away I noticed this really weird bad feeling inside that wouldn't go away x.x; I was totally disengaged in worship in the morning which is really rare, but after hearing the teaching in class it got a bit better. I just figure I gotta deal with all my issues here in Hawaii before I go to mission or else it'll come up there and get worse. I guess I'll be praying a lot more and fasting a bit ><;
Well I'm just going to trust that I'll overcome it soon and be able to do great on mission. I think I need some prayers @.@;
Anyways, awkward place to end, but see ya all later. God bless~
Saturday, March 20, 2010
11 More Days
Ah, I want to hurry up and leave already. Hawaii is getting extremely boring now cuz after being at the beaches and getting burned like crazy...they don't seem so exciting haha. The downtown here is made up of like 20 buildings, literally, so not much to do there. Everyone here loves to go cliff diving on the weekends, but no point in going for me cuz I can't swim sadly. Hurry up and come China and Japan!!
Anyways, enough complaining. I really am stoked to see what'll happen in China/Japan. When I first saw the members in our team, to tell ya the truth, I was kind of thinking "Uh God, why did you put this group together? It just seems so random." When we had our first outreach prayer time, this week, I thought it'd just be whatever, but it ended up being a really spiritually intense time in my opinion. I was kind of wondering why this was, but then at our second meeting, one of the girls said she was asking God the same question and He said that the one common thing among our group is that we all really value our quiet time with God. Like it's not uncommon for us to just listen to praise songs on MP3 and meditate on God. When I heard that, I looked at the members around the room and it was so true! It was one of those eye opening kind of moments and it seemed more like God hand picked each member in our group to do something amazing on our outreach xD. Now I really can't wait to see what'll happen once we go to China ^^ Too bad I can't write about it while I'm in China, but I'll write a posting about just regular kind of stuff or code it all hehe. I might have to make a new blog just in case though, but I'll write the link on here once I do.
Oh Shin, are there any cultural things we should know about while living in Japan? I don't want to do anything that'll offend people without me knowing I'm doing it. I know I need to bow when I meet people, but is there anything else that's really important?
Anyways, enough complaining. I really am stoked to see what'll happen in China/Japan. When I first saw the members in our team, to tell ya the truth, I was kind of thinking "Uh God, why did you put this group together? It just seems so random." When we had our first outreach prayer time, this week, I thought it'd just be whatever, but it ended up being a really spiritually intense time in my opinion. I was kind of wondering why this was, but then at our second meeting, one of the girls said she was asking God the same question and He said that the one common thing among our group is that we all really value our quiet time with God. Like it's not uncommon for us to just listen to praise songs on MP3 and meditate on God. When I heard that, I looked at the members around the room and it was so true! It was one of those eye opening kind of moments and it seemed more like God hand picked each member in our group to do something amazing on our outreach xD. Now I really can't wait to see what'll happen once we go to China ^^ Too bad I can't write about it while I'm in China, but I'll write a posting about just regular kind of stuff or code it all hehe. I might have to make a new blog just in case though, but I'll write the link on here once I do.
Oh Shin, are there any cultural things we should know about while living in Japan? I don't want to do anything that'll offend people without me knowing I'm doing it. I know I need to bow when I meet people, but is there anything else that's really important?
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