7/18/10- Church Day!

Today was a super relaxing day for most of the team. We had our usual Sunday morning cleanup, but instead of going out exploring, most of our team stayed home and just rested until about 5pm. The Doshisha team went to some sort of English conversation meeting, and the Kyodai team went to Church. Today's church service was led by the senior pastor which was really cool, but he only spoke Japanese so we had to have a translator. The message was about Daniel being faithful even though he was in an environment where he wasn't surrounded by a community of Christians. And although the message was good, the whole time I kept thinking about my sister back in California. (I know she's reading this so I'm going to embarrass her)

My sister (Cyndi) has ALWAYS been the smartest and coolest in the family. (I was always the best looking. I love being humble) Growing up, Cyndi was basically my second mom. She would act regular towards my other two brothers, but she would show extra love and care towards me. I remember this one time when my parents went to Vegas and left my sister in charge of the house. I was about 5 or 6 at the time, but I wanted to act like a grown up so I said that I would be fine. After a few hours, I started to cry because I had already missed them. I remember just sitting there feeling helpless because I didn't have my parent's around. Then I remember being held by my sister and being told that she was there for me. I felt so comforted and loved, but I was still crying. So my sister took me to blockbuster and rented a video game for me. I instantly stopped crying for the entire night. Although my relationship with my sister hasn't been the greatest in the past few years, it's lightyears better than it was before. I give all the glory to God, because it was Him who made me realize that my family is so important. I'm so thankful to have such a beautiful/wonderful/amazing person in my life. I know that God loves her so much, and He'll always be there for her just like how shes always been there for me. I love you Cyndi, and I'm praying for you =]