Joyful Journey

Triangel Happiness

2014-09-21T22:49:00.000+08:00

It's been a while!!

Just I was having busy time as a student...

These days, I always have a question to my Lord.
"Lord, are you happy with what I'm doing? "

This is the question for God every time I do something.
It's not difficult, isn't it?

This is my rule in making a decision. "Make triangle happy."
We have so many choices a day.

Wake up now? or sleep 5 more mins?

Have a devotion first? or Check FB?

Send a greeting to friends? or Spend time for myself?

I guess decisions and choices are countless.

However, I would like you to do this even just for a day.
"Make every choice according to triangle happiness."

What does it mean?

Do something to make you, others and God happy.
Doing something great to others makes you happy.

This is common feeling for us.
When someone tells us the simple word "Thank you", we won't feel bad right?
We will not get mad or feel bad when they show you their appreciation.

When you make someone happy, you also become happy.
And your action makes God happy as well.

That's a great news! Only one action makes 3 of us happy!

If what you're about to do doesn't please anybody, you may need to think it twice and ask God " are you smiling at me? will you be happy for me?"

God will give you an answer. And the Holy sprit will direct you the things that you need to do and what God wants you to do.

Be sensitive of what to do and decide.

It's not hard to make triangle happiness in our lives.

Send a greeting to our friends.
"Good morning friend! Happy monday! God bless you!"
That's simple but surely it will not make your friends feel bad, won't it?hehe

Have a great week ahead!
God bless you :)

Kana

Dry season

2014-06-11T18:46:00.000+08:00

"This is my prayer in the desert
When all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in my hunger and need
My God is the God who provides

And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me, Lord, through the flame

And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon formed against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare

And this is my prayer in the battle
When triumph is still on its way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand

And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon formed against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here

All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon formed against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here

This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow"

-Desert song By Hilsong

This is one of my favorite worship songs.

We all have dry seasons in our lives.
Many negative adjectives pop up in our minds.
Painful, hopeless, weak, worthless, lost, vain, shameful and so on.

And sometimes it seems that there is no way to flee from the dry season.
Have you felt the same?

I've had.

When I was in second year college, I almost felt this.
I couldn't share my feelings to others.
Even to my close friends, I couldn't talk about the issue.
I thought it was shameful and I didn't wanna admit my fault.

I tried to be strong with all my might but it was impossible.
I just waited for the time the dry season passes off.

As if there was no light to flee from the desert.

You may have felt the same.

Though, as we know the One who always serves as our light, who always shows us the way we can be free from struggles and who is always on our side to fight against our desert.

We all know who.... He is God!

God is the most powerful cheerleader in our lives.
Even if we have a dry season, God never leaves you and forsakes you.(Hebrews 13:5)

This worship song is so powerful for me.

"All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship"

Yes my Lord.

I have a reason to worship you in every season.
God is still God.

God is our Lord.

He never forsakes and leaves you.

Even though we are in a desert season, I've tried to think that "triumph is still on its way".
We can't see the end of the battle but God sees it and leads us to the end.
Trust Him.
Many His disciples also had dry seasons to reach their purposes or achieve His commands.

-Kana

Our daily bread!

2014-05-23T00:22:00.001+08:00

This is a Christmas present from my christian friend in 2012.

It already looks so worn-out! That's good! I always put it inside my bag and read it on a train.

When I was a new christian, I couldn't totally understand the meaning of the nutrition in this book. I had struggles to read it because of my English ability and my knowledge about the Bible..

But little by little I realized how great, worthy and important this book is for my life! Because this is based on God's words!!

When we read something, it should be worthy and we should learn something from it.
That's one of the important decisions in our lives.

Not all people can decide something wisely I guess.
Decisions make our next decisions.

When we make wrong decisions, it will affect our next decisions as well.
So we really need to decide carefully...

Then....
What can make us do so??
How can we do so??

This is simple.

Through God's words, we can get everything we need.
Connecting our heart to His words is the best way to decide everything in our lives.

When my mind is suppose to do something that I know is without love.
I remember this verse..." Do everything in love."-1 Corinthians 16:14

God said that we should do everything in love.

That becomes my reminder when I do something and decide something even if it's a small decision.

"Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." - Joshua 1:8

God promised this. If we do everything that is from His commands, we will be prosperous and successful!

This is totally true. In order to decide and do everything carefully, we should keep His words day and night. So that it will be alright.

And sooner or later we will realize that His words can be our daily bread.
I realized this when I found out the value of His words.

God took away the struggle of English and shortage of my knowledge from me and made me aware of its value.
God gives me power everyday through His words.

Have you already found out the value of His words?
That can be our bread!!

In order to make our day full of joy, happiness, smile, love and energy, get His words and put it to your heart! Your day will be full of them.

-Kana

Sadness was defeated by His love and strength!

2014-05-10T12:23:00.002+08:00

God is so faithful!

God is so good to me!

"This is the day You've made.so I will rejoice and be glad with all that I am..."

It was a very long day for me yesterday.

I woke up at 6:30 to go to morning work for around 2 hours.

Since my mom asked me a lot of things, I wasn't able to prepare my things going to school.

So I went home after the job and prepared my things going to school.

And I felt something uncomfortable in my heart.

Then my dad's shoes were still here in my house. He should had gone to work at that time because it was around 9:30.

I went to his room and checked his bed, still there.

He is alcoholic, heavy smoker so actually an unhealthy dad.

So actually I thought he couldn't wake up because of too much drinking the other night..

But there was something wrong with him.

I told to him, "Dad don't you need to go to work?It's already 9:30!"

No answer so I repeated it loudly and he reacted but couldn't move, wake up and speak.

I sense he is not lying on the bed because of alcohol but he needs help.

First time in my life, I called an ambulance and took him to an emergency hospital.

I was so confused but at the same time I was so calm doing all the things I needed.

Called emergency, mom's work site and dad's work site maybe it took only 10 mins I guess.

As if God spoke to me what to do and he gave me strength during this unexpected happening.

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The doctor told us his condition.

It is worse than I expected. His brain was bleeding and became paralysed on one side of the body.

Because of that he cannot speak. He cannot move the right side of his body.

Oh my...

But I still thank God that He made me find dad and He gave me strength to overcome this situation.

If I didn't realize and just went to school, what would have happened?

That might be a big regret in my life.

God only gives us hardships that we can overcome.

God never forsakes us.

God is God.

God is good.

His words encouraged me and gave me faith, strength and power to face this catastrophe.

But dad is alive! He can understand what we say.

We still have hope and faith that he will be alright and I'm asking God how will He use this experience in my life. It's not just a misfortune but it may bring us happiness. I believe in Him.

My two relatives also died this week.

A lot of sadness happened to my family this week.

But I will still praise God. I will still worship God.

And I will hold on to His goodness and faithfulness.

"Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared"-Numbers 14:17

"If it is a matter of strength, He is almighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge Him?" Job 9:19

Thank you for making me overcome this day and giving us Your blessing.

Please pray for my family.

Kana

Do you have compassion?

2014-04-24T18:41:00.000+08:00

Few days ago, the train I was in suddenly stopped.
It was raining, cold and I was tired so I really wanted to go home immediately.

After a while, an announcement made me realize that this train will stop on the next station after a long time.

After 3 stations, I could get off...it was only 10 mins away from the station I get off.....

This was the saddest reason.
Someone committed suicide on a railroad.

It didn't make people compassionate to the one but made them angry or irritated.
People who were rushing going to their destinations shouted at the station staff.
There were so long lines and full of people in the station.

I felt frustrated but at the same time I was thinking about the one unintentionally.
He or she might have lost hope, might have felt unloved by someone or couldn't count on anybody.

Because of a rule in Japan, his or her family might be sued by the train company because of the delay.

I can't explain my feeling but I think there is something wrong with this society.
Depends on the situation, people don't have compassion.

It's so normal in this society.
No news about this on TV.

Train staff just treats this matter with their business in mind: because of this we are nagged by passengers.

More over, passengers can't go to the destination, couldn't meet somebody and there is economic loss.

Somehow I understand why people treated it that way.
Because of his/her action, many people experienced inconveniences and economical losses.

"The LORD is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made."- Psalm 145:9

"This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." 1 John4:10

Can you connect this verses to this situation and your life?
Can you feel God's love and compassion for all of us?

Even though we encounter the situation that we think no one cares for us, no one loves us or no one thinks about us... God loves us, cares for us and thinks about us from the beginning to the end.

As God acts like this, we also need to care for people around us.
We should have compassion for all.

Let's reflect God's heart in our lives!

If we encounter these situations, give them a heart of compassion, show them our care and love.
Before it's too late, do your action from your circumstance.
And tell them about the One who cares and loves you even though you don't know Him yet.

Let's pray for this society.
Let's pray for the heart of compassion to all of us.

-Kana

Where is your treasure?

2014-04-11T22:47:00.000+08:00

Few days ago, I had this experience while I was at work..

A student asked me to use the phone at the office.

Student : Excuse me, can I use the phone....I lost my cellphone.. I left it on the bus....I will call my mother....

Me: Ok. You can use it. Are you Ok??

After 5 mins, she finished talking with her mom.
And she was crying.

I asked her "Was your mother angry at you?"

She didn't answer, she was just crying.

This happening reflected how significant the cellphone for her is.

She was just shocked and felt something lack in herself as if something pierce in her heart.

She couldn't stop crying and couldn't do anything at all.
(So I just called the bus company to ask her cellphone. And after 20 mins, they told us they found it! Thank you God, This is JAPAN!hahaha)

Since she couldn't talk to me much, I just needed to feel what she felt.

This happens to people who put significance on material treasures.

Of course we know that it makes us disappointed and make us regret.

But still we can think it's ok we'll never lose the most significant thing!

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Luke 12:34

God said this. I can relate this verse to this experience.

iPhone, branded bags, car, gold and silver....it may satisfy a part of our hearts.

However, our hearts have a part which can be only satisfied by God.

Actually, it should be the center of our hearts.

Even though we are satisfied by something material and valuable THINGS, it may be gone and it's not everlasting.

You may experience losing something valuable or important for you.
But think positive! It's just a material thing.

The most important thing ―God's words should be locked in our hearts deeply!
They won't be lost!

I realized this through the student's experience.

We should remind ourselves that wherever your treasure is, our heart will be also.

What is your treasure? Think about it :)

Kana

Manual for our lives..

2014-04-05T12:40:00.000+08:00

"Whatever we hear, read and learn, that cant reach the knowledge from the Bible! "

That's what I felt yesterday.

It seems like there are so many manual for our lives.
About love, friendship,job,family and so on...

Now I need maybe about "How to start hunting job".
How to write a resume, what kind of hair style should we set, how to speak in front of people, what kind of story should we share......

It's actually uncountable!

We may need that kind of manual for some situations, but the most important manual in our lives is the Bible!
We should not forget about it.

In order to have a great job, we may rely on Job hunting manual.
In order to have a successful life, we may rely on the book whose author is a famous person.

But remind ourselves....
Nothing can ever compare to the BIBLE.

It's all about our lives.

God gives us what to do, which to choose and how to live.
It's just that each person's understanding is different.
It's actually for all. But it's different for each of us.

One verse has a lot of meanings and senses for each of us.
We can have a conversation with God through the Bible.

It's just that, when we rely on something that is not from God, just remember the manual( the Bible) that is your foundation.
These may help your understanding.

I just experienced yesterday during my first job interview.

We also have a"job hunting manual" but actually I didn't check it properly.
Instead of that, I read the Bible before my job interview.

"An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies" -Proverbs 12:17

We are honest witnesses in our lives, aren't we?
Our lives are with God. If we tell lies, it means we tell lies to God as well.

God tells us that you should be honest all the time.

This verse taught me how to overcome this first job interview.
It was not from the Job hunting manual but from God.
I just talked what I felt honestly.

I heard that people who are leaders of soccer teams or part time job suddenly increased in this season.
Can you believe it? In order to make them optimistic or social people, they make their false personalities. Then they mention that they used to be a reader in a specific situation.

After the interview,the company sent me a message that I proceeded to the next step of their process!

Thank you Lord! Praise God!

I experienced the importance of stocking God's word in my heart...

We may not know which word will work out to our lives.

It cannot be too much to stock. Stock His words to our heart deeply as our foundations!

Today what words will be stocked in your heart?

Kana

Find what's wrong!!!

2014-03-30T19:10:00.000+08:00

Don't you sometimes feel irritated when you realize what people are doing and believing are far different from what is right?

The things that are worldly right but actually wrong on God's sight.

The things that worldly accepted are not allowed by God.

After coming back to Japan, I realized 4 things that are wrong but common ideas in this society.

1, There are acceptable lies.

Do you sometimes lie? We may unintentionally lie about small things.

"Did you eat my pudding?" mom asked, and I answered "No, I didn't" with something on my lips when I was a little girl.

It was also a lie and it seems acceptable. No one got hurt. (My mom might had been...haha)

But when we lie, we know it's not good. Even though it seems small and unaffected.

"Why are you lying? Do you think your lies will benefit God?" Job13:7

Even though it's small, we should do what benefits and pleases God.

Think first before you do something non-sense to God...

2, Drinking is one of the ways to relieve stress from the society.

"When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink yourselves?"-Zechariah 7:6

In Japan, one of the common bonding styles is going to a bar and drinking alcohol until they get drunk.

I don't say everyone does. But it's common. So at night, trains are full of alcohol's smell especially Friday night.

I somehow understand. Because I used to do. I didn't use to get drunk until I lose my consciousness, but I know they think it's the way to be healed from heavy stress.

When we feel pressured or stressed, we know the way how to be healed. It's through God.

Reading the bible, praying to God or talking about the problems to our sisters in Christ.

That's why I know how to handle problems and the problems are still under God's feet.

People who rely on drinking should realize what and how they can totally rely on and relying on drinking is actually not the solution to be healed.

The next day they might have a hang over and feel bad.

Right? It's a wrong way to be healed.

I understand through this verse that we surely eat and drink for ourselves to maintain our health and to be energetic. But at the same time what we eat and what we drink should be from God!

Satan offers us alcohol to get us away from God.

God offers us the food to grow strong and to benefit from it.

Which will you choose??

3, Now is the best time!

We sometimes think this season, this time is the best! In a way it's true. And it's good in a way.

It means we are enjoying the season and contented.

The thinking "Now is the best time" should not be misunderstood.

Our lives in this world may be soooooo short compare to the life after worldly death.

Are we living the best for our next season?

As we all know that the Now is not everlasting.

God's prepared seasons for us. It may be the sunny season but may be stormy.

The season of sunny and no wind, we probably think this is what we hope for! And now is the best!

But think first, it may be the time that we need to prepare for the storm.

It's calm now...so....we can have enough time and energy to be ready for next season.

Don't you think so?

We tend to focus on the situation we are facing.But for the futuristic us, let's think what we can do and what God wants us to do in this season.

And see this season as a big figure!

4, Who can we rely on is ourselves!

We can really trust ourselves! Can't you?

Noooooooo! It's wrong! Can we say this confidently?

We are imperfect because we're a human being.

People here may think the people who rely on God are weak. Because they can't live without something to rely on.

Does this mean we are weak? Does this mean we can't live without God?

Yes it is.

We are weak and we cant live without God.

What we think is too poor compare to God. What we think are sometimes wrong and selfish.

That's why we ask God's will and rely on God.

We know that it's far reliable compare with our ideas.

We need to tell people not to rely on ourselves but rely on God!

This is always the BEST!

It doesn't mean we will lose but God will give us a crown; the best!

"Rely on the LORD! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!"- Psalms 27:14

Right? God is telling us to rely on Him :)

These are what I realized these days...

If you realized something wrong the world accepts, please share it to me :)

Kana

How to sprout the seeds of faith?

2014-03-21T00:25:00.000+08:00

Luke 17:6
He replied,"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree,'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you...

From this verse, I got faith to share the gospel to the people around me.

After coming back to Japan, I'm seeking the way how to confess my faith, how to tell them the one who created them?

It was my misunderstanding that they don't have any idea about Him, but now I realized that it's actually not!
Good thing we also have the word "GOD".
In japanese we call Him "Kamisama".
"Sama" means showing politeness to elder people or respectable people and "Kami" means exactly God!

Since we have the word "Kamisama", it can be counted as small faith, isn't it?

From childhood, we have the word and we use the word frequently in our lives.

"Rely on God when we are having hardships." or "What is God saying which way to choose."
It may not be so accurate, but this kinds of expressions exist in Japan.

And the idea of heaven and hell also exist.
"If we do something bad, we may go to the hell." Kids especially use this expression to what I remember.

It's surely from the bible isn't it?

Even if it is as small as a mustard seed, it has a possibility to grow and to be a mulberry tree!

Nothing is impossible to God.
He can make the seed to a tree and He can use us to water the seed.
He can be a sun for it. We just need to take care of it and face towards the Sun.

In my experience,my seed was so small and it didn't seem to grow.
It was just a seed in me. But one day my leader poured water in my seed, and something has changed to the seed.

It was the start of growing the seed in me. It's my faith!
Sun and water are necessary for seeds to grow.
Even if God exists, there is no water(people who share the gospel) work for seeds, it may not grow.

As a christian, we can make unbeliever's seed sprout! God can give them knowledge of sunshine!!!

Let's be the water to grow all the seeds in the world!!!

Kana

Which job should we choose??

2014-03-20T00:03:00.000+08:00

Finally I will start job hunting from next week.

I will attend a job fare while going to the University, working at clam school as a part time job...

The system is kinda complicated here in Japan.
First we need to start from 1and half year ahead from graduation.
It means from the middle of 3rd year of college.

I will start kinda late but actually I'm not worried about it!

I don't know which company will allow me to work, but I know who prepare the best job for me!
That is God!

Whatever we do, wherever we go, God is for us!

One of my prayers was already answered..
Thank God I was hired from clam school again as a teacher assistant!
The salary is kinda good compare to other jobs. yey

Even though I didn't expect it, God's prepared plans better than what we imagined!

In my opinion, this is the way how to choose a job.

1. No work on Sunday
After creating the earth for 6 days, God also rested and He commanded us to do the same.
This is the time to spend with God. Worshiping God, attending church or having a bible study group.
It's worth spending every sunday with godly friends and with God.

2. The priority should be God's will.
Do not rely on ourselves but ask God what to do.
The job we want and He wants us to do are sometimes different.
When we become sensitive to feel and hear what God wants us to do, we can understand what is it and God leads us to the way He wants.

3. Glorify His name.
As we know God is seeing us every time.
We might be forced to do something wrong during our job.
When I watched a movie "Courageous",a guy was forced to cheat a trade.
His boss told him that if he does the command, he will surely be promoted.
But his answer was No.
He knows that God doesn't want him to do that.

In real situations, we might encounter something like these.
It's sometimes hard to choose what's right. But what we do should glorify His name.
If not, it should not be done or chosen.

Those are the points I'm considering in choosing a job.

We work for ourselves and our family. But at the same time, we work for God.

Like as we are concerning our family when we have a job, God should be also one of them and the most prioritized one in our lives..

So I'm praying for my future job. No work on sunday, God's will and should glorify God's name..

Kana

What is faith...

2014-03-17T00:01:00.000+08:00

Last monday March 10th, I came back to Japan from the Philippines.

All the experiences I've had in the Philippines are unforgettable and special for me.
Making friends in the church GPGO is especially a treasure for me.
They are my godly friends and the friend who I can count on in every situation.

Because of the great experiences and the friends, I feel pretty lonely here in Japan.
People are cold, lack of caring for others compare to the people in the Philippines.
Because of that I really wanna go back there.

Friends in the Philippines are not here and I don't have friends who I can talk to about God yet.
However at the same time, I realized that the reason I still feel great is God.
I know now even though my friends are not here, God is still with me.

I remember this story from the Bible about Paul.
When Paul was in a jail after being hit by people, he still believed in God by faith.
He might have had a chance to doubt God or might have wanted to complain to God.
" God, I'm sharing your words to the world, why should I suffer terribly?"
It's possible to throw this kind of question to God.

However, because of his strong and unshaken faith, he was able to share his faith to the jailer after the huge earthquake. And the jailer and his family were saved.

Can you believe this strong faith in God? Can you confess that you also have this strong faith in God?
Even though we are under painful situations or hopeless situations, the fact is GOD IS STILL WITH US!

Hebrews 11:1
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."

We can't see God visually. We can't have a conversation as real as we have with friends.
Though wherever we go, whatever we do, God is as close as the air we breath.
Just some people don't realize this fact.

Make our faith firm. Faith is our foundation of having a relationship with God and our lives!

Thank you God giving me wonderful first sunday in Japan!

* I was able to be involved in Every Nation church in Japan!
Please pray for me my friends that I can be part of them, make great friends and make my faith stronger there!

Kana

This is the fact.

2014-02-24T21:52:00.000+08:00

This is the fact that there are some people who discriminate Christ and Christians.

This is actually inevitable fact in this world.

Because of their environments,their ancestor's beliefs or alternate god that they believe in, it's sometimes hard to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

Today I experienced one sad misunderstanding.

My friend who has been my friend for almost 4 years suddenly asked me,

"Are you a Christian?"

My answer was of course "YES"

After my answer, he suddenly changed his attitude and he was kinda upset.

He is not a Christian and He knows about Christ at least a little I guess.
He said that If you believe in God, you are telling non-christians that we will go to Hell and our ancestors who didn't believe in God also went to Hell.

My answer was still "YES"

But continually, Salvation is still waiting for all of you.

This is the brutal fact.

Even though we want them to go to Heaven, only the one who can be the bridge to the Heaven is Jesus Christ. It's not you and me. All they need is to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

We can pray for them and share the word of God and our faith.

However, it was kinda hard to hear his answer that He doesn't want to be a friend with me anymore...
The answer that I wanted to hear was not this...
He was offended. So I was also quite offended...

This is a heartbreaking misunderstanding. Masakit ang puso ko....

I didn't mean he will go to hell, but he has also a chance be delivered.
My explanations may have some lacks or he may have bad experience towards Christians.
He is a gay that's why someone might have told him that you may go to hell...

Actually I don't know... and he stopped communicating with me...

This unacceptable experience taught me the following ...

We should think about what they feel as well.
Like this experience, they might feel offended when we share about God.
We need to choose the word carefully and it should be the words from God.
If it's our own word that is emotional, it may fail and a firm wall may appear between them.

Be strong when we talk about God.
God knows our heart. When we are told like those words from my friend, heart is crying and wants to give up...
God knows it has some pain to choose the way that God has prepared ofr us. .
But the way is far far far better than the way without God.
We want them to feel same gladness, joy and goodness.
So be confident, strong and godly and pray for them.
"When God is for us, who can be against us? "-Rom 8:31
I'll try to remind this verse when I encounter this kind of situation again.

When we talk about God, fear is trying to let us apart from His missions.
It makes us neglect the chance.
We are afraid to get hurt.

But we always need to remind ourselves that 'if no one does this mission, who can be saved?'
The good news of our salvation was shared to us by our leaders and it should also be shared to other people.
This is the way to accomplish His mission.

Sometimes it can mean lost friends, painful, isolation, cold and so on.
But abundant life is surely waiting for us, this pain is just a temporary one.
Eternal pain is under His feet. We don't need to worry about it.

I will surely encounter the situations like this after going back to Japan.
But I remind myself that God is always with me ...
Just pray for the best result....

Kana

First time writing blog in English!

2014-02-09T11:34:00.002+08:00

"The skill of writing is one of the gifts from God..."hehe

I love writing... I used to write some articles on a Japanese magazine.

I have my own blog in Japanese but it's only understood by Japanese.

So I start this blog "Joyful Journey"! This is an English version.!!!

This is the first time to write blog in English.

I hope it will also be helpful for my English practice after going back to Japan.

What's this blog about?

I wanna write about my life as a Japanese christian as well as what Japanese society is.

As you know almost all Japanese don't have the relationship with God.

What can they rely on are themselves, money or their status and so on. (of course not all )

That's why once they lose their hope, some of them try to commit suicide.

It's one of the saddest facts in the one of the richest country in the world.

On the other hand, I found happiness or hope here in the Philippines.

I've been living in the Philippines since Oct.2012.

And I encounter God here.This is the greatest experience ever!!

People here are living in God.

People here are living for God.

People here are living with God.

Even though they are not as rich as Japan, they have faith in God.

That makes them strong, joyful, peaceful and happy.This is what I've realized in the Philippines.

Thank you God for leading me to the Philippines and introducing Yourself...

The time I need to go back to my country is coming soon...

The time I need to share the gospel to Japanese is also coming soon!

I'm going to continue this blog after going back to Japan and share what are they(we) thinking about.

It's kinda rare right? Japanese is writing blog in English.

I hope that will make you feel what I'm thinking and what Japanese society is...

Kana