Today is a welcome change. The morning was still as early as ever leaving by 5:45AM we would not be alone today like we ever are in Tokyo we would be meeting Team C at the Hi-BA center in Shibuya. We got there and collapsed, we had been up for 2 hours already. Some of them had just woken up though, tracting was as usual. I personally did not have great success the center was locked when we got back we got in pretty soon though after waiting some more we were sent out with other team members to pick out breakfast from local places convenient stores of McDonalds or such shops.
At about 10:00 we started a worship session. The beginning was a "get to know" the Japanese Hi-BA staff. They sung songs like they would like us to sing them. We could then ask them questions, such as "what is the one message Japanese youth need to hear?" Dave McDaniel the YWAM DTS leader. led us in a worship time. This allowed us to slow down and refocus on Christ and not the busyness that is GT. For some this was an eye opening experience. For me it was a reminder that even though Christ is the LORD and king of all he wants to by my best friend.
Next was free time which I proceeded to use as a time to SLEEP. I also listened to Steven play the guitar and sing. Dave came by and asked us about how we were doing. We went down to another great lunch made by Mrs. Suzuki. Lunch was over and we started rehearsal for future rallies. This included giving over 4 of the songs and we started planning for a second skit.
After several hours of work at least a half hour break and many distractions we just had the bare outlines of a skit and several bored people (including me). We were told to stop and rest for the last hour before dinner. Yet again graciously proceeded by Mrs. Suzuki. Once the food had settled a little and everyone was done eating we left to go home (CAJ Hostel). This was the earliest we had ever gotten home and most took advantage of that to get more sleep. Some however stayed up for several more hours anyway before going to bed.
-PETER
