Chapter 10

So.  It's been over a month since my last post.  And I feel bad for not having kept up with it.  Anyway, I assume I should catch you all up.  My mission trip to Japan was an amazing success, and I plan on returning with the same crew next year.  There are just so many things to write about, I think I'll have to write a separate post...but I'll do that later.  School has now started, and  believe it or not, I love each and every one of my classes!  I never though it possible, but it is in fact true.  I especially love my Japanese class.  I decided it would be a good idea to improve my Japanese before I went back, so I enrolled in Japan 191 aka Japanese 1.  So far, it's absolutely awesome.  The first and beginning of the second week had me struggling, but I think it's going smoother now.  In only 2 weeks, we have learned all of the Hiragana characters, how to introduce ourselves, talk about the weather, ask for others names and phone numbers, and express our likes and dislikes.  I'm starting to understand the general sentence structure of the Japanese language, and it's a lot easier than I had thought.  Maybe that was because I didn't know the essential basics..whatever the case,  I can now carry on a simple conversation in Japanese.  I feel thrilled for having learned so much in such short a time, but that's just how intense this class is!  I'm also happy because I can legitimately speak in sentences in a different language.  Nobody can make fun of me anymore for using single Korean or Japanese words, because I can now speak whole sentences!!  That's right, all you CFC members, no more mocking Kelsey, the crazed Asian-obsessed white girl.  Just kidding.  No seriously.




So a large Cats for Christ group this year seems very promising.  We've had many newcomers that have returned, which doesn't normally happen...I've always wondered why, while at the same not needing to wonder why..but that's for another post.  Welcome Week was highly successful, and we have recruited a large (between 5-15) cluster of newcomers.  This has everyone excited for the semester, including myself.  I am overjoyed with the opportunity to reach out to our newcomers, and possibly build lasting relationships.  That's about all I've got say this post.  Hopefully I'll write an entire post about my Japan mission trip soon.  We'll see.  Later gater!