Snake in a park

The Mistaks in Miyakonojo:

I had my first customer right when I opened the door on my first official day of business at the coffee shop. Her name was Ikuko and she came for the english conversation. She stayed for 4 hours. I was exhausted after labouring in conversation for that long. As it turns out Ikuko and her husband live very close to Michelle and I. We are practically neighbors. She is not a Chrisitian and is showing some curiosity. Please pray for her and her family. Everyday we have at least a few people come into the shop for English conversation. Praise the Lord.
I would say that Evan's descriptions of the snakes are pretty acurate!! We too ran into a rather large snake yesterday at the park. (By the way the park is AMAZING.) The kids we were playing soccer with pestered the poor thing until it was worn out and then one of them picked it up by the tail and started swinging it around. The snake was probably 4ft long.

There is a group of 5 college guys here now through ABWE. Several of them can speak Japanese quite well and have been a big help to Michelle and I in the cofffee shop.

Tomorrow I am going to play a round of golf with Chris Sadowitz, Christian Pena (the golf pro), and some other Japanese Golf pros. Golf is one way that the missionaries have found to connect with Japanese men. I'm looking forward to the match.