July 4, 2011

Hakone & Tokyo , Japan

June, 2011.

My family recently hopped over to Japan for a short few days to take a rest after Homecoming. To cut a long story short, it was not really a restful trip for me. Having to drive our way through Tokyo to Hakone was not easy. The "onsen" (public bath) thing was also a source of stress to us in the beginning, but thankfully we slowly learned to enjoy it (ha!). The "highlight" of the whole trip was when the car we rented broke down completely in the middle of a high speed highway in suburban Tokyo at around 12:30am. Our tank was full to the max and there were no lights plus very few cars around. God was seriously shouting something to us through the incident, and thankfully we have enough prophetic people around to understand what God was saying to ANHOP as a whole. Talk about DRAMA. Life is really beginning to look like a movie script sometimes. Following God is such an adventure... Following God is all about submission.

Lastly, just wanted to say: spirit-filled Japanese are absolutely terrifyingly amazingly passionate people. I love our Japanese family there. It is amazing what God can do to people with completely open hearts; it is amazing how He connects His children in the Kingdom. Heart to heart, spirit to spirit. Before I left, I was offered a home to stay at and a spiritual family to be with whenever I am in Tokyo. I have a feeling we will be going back some time soon along the way in this surprising journey. Am certainly looking forward to spending time with these crazy wild Japanese people ...and the food. Oh the food.