Day 9:

Day 9: Another early morning, had to catch our train at 7am (and we didn't get to bed till 12 last night). At 8am, we did a service at the AG headquarters of Japan. Then we went to have breakfast at a place called "Jonathan's" (it's kinda like Denny's). The food was alright, but the best part was that Ayumi and Ai came to visit us there, along with Ayumi's eight month old boy Uki! It was so nice to be able to see them (though Uki wouldn't let any of us hold him for more than five seconds). After meeting with them we went to a Shinto shrine to see some gardens they had there. Once that was over, we went to Tokyo University to help kick off the first ever IHOP there. The worship time was so anointed! Later, we hosted a big party here at the XA house. We've been inviting people to it ever since we arrived in Japan. It was pretty fun. Yukio came by and it was such a blessing to see him, he's an alumni of our church who left several years ago. We played some fun games, did a skit, testimony and then these two guys came up and did some freestyle soccer! I later found out that they had competed in the world championship tournament in Malaysia a little while back. So anyway, they were awesome! I'll post the video sometime soon. Later everyone left and the cleanup began. 

Here's a snapshot I was able to get of a freestyle player. He kicked the ball into the air and then caught it while doing a handstand!