Journal of a "Bride" in New York

I write my daily experiences outside Japan.

Blessing by giving thanks

2016-08-28 | 日記
Mrs. A and her twin daughters of our church shared with me one of the blessings they had had when they were in Japan.

On the returning day, Aug. 8th, they were supposed to leave Japan for NY by Delta airlines.
As they boarded the plane and watched a movie, the plane stayed put and didn’t take off.
Meanwhile, the in-flight announcement said that the passengers should get off the plane since it was not taking off.
Mrs A thought why such a thing like this happened to her family, but every time a negative thought came to her mind,
she reminded herself of giving thanks in any situation as God says to do so in the Bible.

As they were getting off the plane, one of the pilots talked to her twin daughters,
saying, “Have you ever seen a cockpit?” and showed it to them. What a privilege !

Due to the outage at Delta airlines co. headquartered in Atlanta,
US Delta airlines had bee cancelled worldwide.
She was thinking that she and her daughters had to spend some time at the airport in utter chaos,
but then, a friend of hers sent her a text message asking her if the airplane flied.
As she sent her back a message, explaining about the situation they were in,
her friend drove over to the airport to pick them up and
let them stay at her house which was located near the airport.
The following morning her friend served breakfast, drove them to the airport.
They found that Delta flights to NY and to one more city were scheduled to fly,
although the flights to LA or other cities were still suspended.

Not only their flight to NY was secured, but they got a voucher of $200.00 per person issued from the Delta !
She was so glad to receive this unexpected gift
because she thought she could now afford to plan a birthday trip for her twin daughters in November !

She says she almost complained but that she is glad to have given thanks to God instead to trust Him.


(Street in Manhattan)

Youth Service

2016-08-07 | 日記


I am back in Tokyo for a summer vacation;

I attended the youth service on a Sunday afternoon

and brought my testimony to the young ones

They were small when I was in Tokyo Church about six years ago,

but they have grown up.

I am very happy to see each of them active in the church !

I was so blessed to have had a worship service with them.