Konnichiwa! :)
I made it to Sendai safely and I'm all moved in at my apartment called UpTen. When my teammate, Alyssa and I arrived there we were greeted and welcomed so kindly with dinner. We were greeted by the leaders of the GUYS club. They showed some their cellphones which have live streaming tv from them and also asked me tons of questions. I got to hang with a few of them today and go on a walking tour of Sendai. We walked over 4 miles. Everyone walks around to get from place to place here. Most girls wear heels too! I dunno how they do it. I asked a girl today vie been hanging out with if her feet hurt and she told me that she had tough feet! It's deff part of the culture here for girls to be always dressed up and in heels. Now I'm not talking aboutafew girls I'm talking about 97% of women dress this way.
Yesterday I had sushi for the first time. Now the sushi in America isnt the same as Japanese sushi. First Japanese sushi is not wrapped in seaweed and then coated with rice, its reverse so the seaweed is on the outside. So at this sushi restaurant there was a conveyor belt and you just pulled sushi off the belt and ate it. Each plate was 100 yen. 100 yen is equal to about a little over 1$. Most of the sushi they eat is raw so I tried a few pieces but didn't really like any of them.
Afterward we went to Izumi chuo to visit Megan, one of my leaders, friends. These two gurus we met were sooo much fun. Their name are Yui and Noa. We sat in Starbucksforover 2hoursjust talking...it was great. Megan is leaving to go back to America in a week, she's been here for 2 years. Even though these are Megans friends they wanted to hangout with us again. So Alyssa and I are having dinner with them tomorrow.
Yesterday I also went to the Japanese version of Walmart called Seyui. I found out they don't have chicken or turkey meat here in Japan and also that everything is half the serving size then America. Hah I deff feel like a fatty eating two servings worth. Another interesting thing I found out about the Japanese culture is their honesty. Megan was telling me that you can leave your bags/purse at your table, go to the bathroom and not worry about people bothering your stuff. Life is different by far over here but therearesome major similarities too! There is so much more I wanna write about but don't have time :(
Thanks for reading and please continue to pray for me!
<3 Les
I found out I still have money to raise (a little over thousand) so please be praying for me. If you'd like to donate money please email me (leslieb@knights.ucf.edu) so I can let you know how to donate.