A long time coming.

So, it has been quite a while since my last post on here, I apologize for that, to those who read this. Anyway, it has been an amazing past few weeks. I continue to learn more about my God, and the love we should have for one another as brothers in Christ. And as I draw nearer to the end of my Japanese excursion, I am torn in two. I desire to come home and return to my friends and family, and to find comfort in their fellowship, but on the other hand I feel as though my time here has been too short, and the friendships that I have made with students here, too shallow. But I know that they are in God's hands and he is the one who will draw them to Himself, not me. This weekend was amazing, I traveled by myself 3 hours by Shinkansen (bullet train) to Okayama, a city on the west side of Japan to see a friend who goes to UNL. He and his mother live in Okayama. It was a great time. We hung out most of the day on Friday and all day Saturday. We went to see an amazing garden and castle. And we went to an art museum, sword museum, and pottery museum as well. I especially enjoyed the sword museum and the art museum. Today, I spoke about what God has taught we while here to the local church (Joy Fellowship). I really struggled with what to talk about, but I finally rested this morning on walking in the spirit and our dependence on God. I think it went fairly well, but I really had to depend upon God for the words because I was feeling really unable to express what I wanted to say. Anyway I think that is about it for now, please be praying that heart will not be divided these last couple of weeks and that I will continue to focus on my relationships with the students.

Grace and Peace,

Dustin