June 21

Hello all,

The weather today was very nice, and we just heard news that the Typhoon
will miss us today/tonight. :) Our reading sessions went very well today.
Kristina has a reader that wants to be a rock star, and she brought music by
the artist on her mp3 player for us to listen to. Very interesting... It
was Jake's day to cook lunch (always a good thing) and he went to the
foreign foods store and he cooked chicken tacos today with chips, salsa,
queso, and guacamole... I felt like I was in Texas again. Our daily team
devotional was very interesting today...it was based on writings by Henri J.
M. Nouwen and it was about the importance of solitude. It hit home with all
four of us, and we all spent some time today alone (with God).
We did laundry for the first time today, and we're not sure how clean the
clothes actually got because the dials on the machine are all in Japanese.
That was the fastest I have ever done laundry (5 minutes for a load) We're
not really sure what happened, but the clothes seemed ok anyway. :) It did
rain today however, so we had to scramble to bring in the clothes very
quickly that were hanging up outside to dry. We created a contraption with
tables and chairs to hold up the clothes rack so that they would have a
chance to dry inside the church.
Jake had a reader today that asked him if he was dating anyone...and another
ask him what his blood type was...were not too sure what her motive for that
question was... Jake also told Sugau that if Sugau got Kristina to try a
Mochi cake (made from rice and sesame seed paste) which looks like an
eyeball, that Jake would buy his dinner. Sugau had to work on it for about
15 minutes, (kristina didn't know about the stakes) and she finally tasted
it. (she did not like it at all) It was very gooey. So now Sugau told
Kristina that he will buy her dinner at the Jumbo Gyoza (Giant Chinese
dumpling) place in return for making her try it. I kind of liked Mochi, it
tased almost like a small gooey peanut butter and jelly ball.
Many of my readers have never heard of Jesus before, and others are asking
important and difficult questions like "how can Jesus be a man and God at
the same time." Some are Buddhist, and others said they have no religion.
How hopless they must feel. Pray that they will see God's love and promise
through us.Good night, and God bless,Jeff Sims :)
P. S. Wednesday is my day to cook lunch if anyone has any quick, easy, and
good recipes.