Booya!

Lately I've been labeled by my team as saying, "Booya" when I do things right... or when good things happen. Mark even has this dance that he will promise that I do... but don't listen to him. If you haven't seen me do the "booya dance" then don't believe such falsehoods.

Whether I dance or not is not the topic of interest. Merely I would like to give a "Booya" to some fun things in my life right now... You may be wondering about the weird-o collage next to this text (check out picasa through Google~ it's free and amazing photoshop stuff). That's right LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! I got my Japanese driver's license today. I was EXHAUSTED for some reason. But I got in and drove (for my second time) for the Japanese DMV. The first time I failed was because I could have hit a potential bicycle or moped when turning left. It's a technicality that would take much too much time to write about. ANYWAY. So finally today, I passed my test. When I parked the car the guy said, "Iiyo" or "You're good." That was HUGELY pleasing because they are HUGELY picky. Okay, enough about my test. I got it. Hooray! It was SO wonderful to hold that baby in my hands (baby meaning the license) and I even took a good picture. Ha ha! I just sat in the office and prayed and prayed and prayed and at one point I told the Lord, "Just how you got me through college. Please get me through this test." Seriously people! You just never know if you will find favor with these DMV people or not. I was reminded again of Esther and how her King found favor in her and offered her up to half of his kingdom. I feel like God has given me such a sweet gift this morning.

The next thing I would like to give another BOOYA to is my eldest and cuteyest brother Jeremy. I feel bad not leaving his birthday message up longer... so please scroll down and read my "Ode to Jeremy" birthday message. Happy "booya" Birthday Jeremy.

A fun picture of Mary, Mark, Jean, Naoko, and Asako at Tsukiji or the fish market. I just found this on Mary's computer.

Finally, a fun picture of Masashi and I. Seriously people. I require more sleep to function at a normal Joanna level. Otherwise I just turn into this.