My first week in Nagoya has definitely been a lesson of walking in faith.

Living in Japan as opposed to holidaying in Japan has meant that I have had to learn and adapt quickly to the culture. Although we had cross-cultural training, it only prepared me to a certain degree.

Traveling to places has been somewhat of an adventure, missing a few turns, asking people for directions and  trying to  read a Japanese map. However, we eventually managed to find our way to  the important places that we had to go, e.g Train stations and the university.

I also managed to digest my first  sashimi ( for those who know me- I don’t do raw food). But  one thing , I will never be able to eat is a nato, it was soooo feral, tasted like phlegm/snot/saliva.

Traveling to a foreign land and trying to find my way to places and trying foreign food, definitely took a lot of faith but my biggest faith lesson would be doing ministry with the Japanese. Doing walk up ministries and evangelising to people who I don’t know, in a foreign country where language us a barrier from both sides has been challenging.

However, God has been good and has directed and guided me this week.  He has provided me opportunities for me to meet people and provided me the wisdom to talk and connect with the Japanese Christians and the non-Christians.

Despite the challenge, I know I can trust God in all this and submit to his soverignity, knowing he knows best and to simply walk with him as Abraham did when he went to a foreign land.