After a year and half of study, we graduated from Japanese Language School!
We started out with あ,い,う,え,お- the ABC's of Japanese, and now we can carry out full conversations and live easily in daily life! We are definitely not fluent yet - that will take about 5 years. But we can share about God's love, Christianity, and have good conversations at this point.
Studying has been priceless and greatly grown our ability to make friends and be effective in Japan. Thank you so much to all of you who supported us financially - school was expensive! Thank you for the care packages and encouraging notes as well.
School was pretty hard at times - actually, it was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. And there were many times I felt like giving up. After reminding myself why I was studying and finding my strength in God, sometimes I would take silly pictures to capture the various moments of language learning.
So, to capture those 1.5 years, I made a short video that includes pictures, video, and memories from study. If you want to watch it (and laugh) click the following link!
I love the video! Great work!
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