tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15221347.post190807385660920507..comments2023-09-28T03:32:47.642-07:00Comments on Cultivating: Shi-to-the-uoka!Joanna Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02568835279054666132noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15221347.post-31513481652089487912007-03-29T10:24:00.000-07:002007-03-29T10:24:00.000-07:00okay, what the heck is happening to me?? We MUST b...okay, what the heck is happening to me?? We MUST be connected in spirit! <BR/><BR/>i just read this post and want to cry..and am tearing up a bit. Like somewhere deep down inside of me, there is pain. pain over the loss of your close friends as they graduate, pain over being homesick, and pain from the loneliness. <BR/><BR/>i feel what you feel. <BR/><BR/>but then there is deep joy. A deeper joy than the deep pain. like a joy in knowing these will ALWAYS be your first Japanese friends. In knowing that Amy will always share your Japan experience with you to the core - she's been there. And joy in knowing that your loneliness allows you into the depths of the Japanese people around you...they feel so much loneliness in their culture, their lives, and their country. And it's so suprising, with so many people around, that we can feel so alone, yet there is deeper joy still to be found in the Lord Jesus who never ever leaves or forsakes you. With you. In you. Near you. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for this post. I need to grab a kleenex.Kelli Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988061283377595038noreply@blogger.com