Japanese
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Being bilingual is great! But it’s not without its challenges. I go through these seasons when my Japanese language abilities are really working. Like, smooth as butter. But I also have phases where I feel like my Japanese is just garbage. I can’t articulate what I want to say well, or I just have frequent…
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As an English teacher living in Japan, it’s rather commonplace to discuss the differences in communication styles between the U.S. and Japan. And let me tell you, there are many. But, I feel like most of my students (and fellow teachers) talk about these differences as if one is better than the other. So, in…
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What do you think of when you hear, “Sunday Chapel Time?” It just sounds like a roundabout way to talk about a Sunday church service, right? Well, here at Shukugawa Bible Church, it actually refers to an hour-long bilingual Bible study that is co-led by an English teacher-missionary and a translator. As a missionary here,…
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天の父になる神様、 造り主です。救い主です。主を賛美します。主の御名を誉めます。神様、今日のこと、ありがとうございます。 昨日、新しい主にあって姉妹が洗礼され、救いに助かって下さってありがとうございます。主は永遠の恵みと許しを与え、感謝します。主の栄光を讃えます。やはり、この教会が御ことばを導に伝えられますように。また、私には、生徒に福音書のことを忠実に伝えるために、日本語がもっと上手になれるように。主を愛しています。イエス様の御名によってお祈りします。 アーメン。 God has truly blessed my time here in showing me His global church. As an exercise, I’ve made it a point to try and pray regularly in Japanese. This serves partially as language practice. But more importantly, it allows me to think about God and talk with Him the same way…