Full!

Full. Full of information and names and faces from my first 2 weeks back in Tokyo, full of details of moving, full of cardboard boxes, full of gratefulness for how God provides (through support and prayers from the US; through freely given furniture and appliances, help moving, and conversations over meals here in Japan), full brain of practicing getting back into Japanese language mode, full of time with people I love and haven't seen in ages and newer friends I'm just getting to know...!

It is a joyful and thankful full, but one that has left my brainwaves a bit overloaded with processing ;) 

So in lieu of a longer post of coherent thoughts, here's my prayer for myself, and maybe someday the prayer of some of the thousands of people I pass by every day...

"My heart is filled with thankfulness

To Him who walks beside;

Who floods my weaknesses with strength

And causes fears to fly;

Whose every promise is enough

For every step I take,

Sustaining me with arms of love

And crowning me with grace."

(~Getty&Townend)

And in case this "full" post feels a bit empty to you... pictures!!

Middle-school (?) graduation party singing a cappella in the park,
surrounded by Moms in kimono video-taping

The elementary school in my neighborhood - how awesome is that?

Ginza (shopping district) on a rainy day. The streets
are relatively empty - inside the stores was packed!

Shinagawa Station on an empty Sunday morning (on weekdays, this walkway is a shoulder-to-shoulder sea of black suits)

View from my new apartment:
not too shabby! (*^_^*)