7/26/10- First day of debrief in OSAKA!

Sorry for not posting yesterday, I just flat out forgot to blog. And since I have a 6 hour memory span, I shall just write about today.

I woke up extra early (around 7am) to do some laundry for the next couple of days since I figured there wouldn't be any local laundry mats in Osaka/Tokyo. It was nice just waking up early and not being rushed by other people to use the sink. The morning weather in Kyoto was humid as usual, but it was just another beautiful day that was blessed by God. We basically cleaned the house out from 9-11, then headed to Osaka for our debrief.

We took the bus to Osaka, which took about 1 1/2 hours. In America, that would be considered a long trip to me, but since our team has so much fun together, time just flew by. Once we got to the hotel, we unpacked and had lunch. We then had a meeting for about 2 hours just going over things that we might experience when we go back home. After our meeting we headed over to a city called Namba (I might have spelled that wrong). Osaka compared to Kyoto is almost like night and day. You can compare Kyoto to a leisure world type of environment, and you can compare Osaka to a Los Angeles type of world. The atmosphere and weather were just completely different, and it honestly felt like we were in a different country.

For dinner, we went to this place where you can make your own Okonomiyaki (A Japanese type of pancake). It was so good! After a good time of fellowship, we headed back to the hotel, and that's where I'am right now! I've never been in a hotel like this, because all of our rooms are single room. You literally walk in and there's a bed. And that's it. But it's nice to have a quiet room to just sit and relax. It still hasn't hit me that we'll be leaving in a couple of days. Please pray that I won't cry like a baby when we head to the airport.