Yep, I'm in Vancouver. I've been up for...42 hours straight. I flew in a plane where I only got 3 cups of cranberry juice and 4 bags of pretzel mix. It was called Sunny Mix, but it was not sunny, considering that was the ONLY food you got. I had no idea WestJet lacked food. I will know for next time. So, the combination of lack of sleep and hunger makes me one grumpy grumpy camper, on top of the fact that my computer, my PRETTY new HP computer, doesn't like the programs we're installing during our IT session. I don't know anything about computers. All I know is that if my computer didn't have pretty blue lights, it might be tossed at the wall.
Okay, so I'm grumpy, but I'm totally totally excited for going overseas. THere's so much you need to know, to think about as you do cross-cultural ministry. Asian culture is so different, but I think one of the interesting things we talked about in training was about emotional maturity of Asians. I mean, not ALL Asians, but many Asians. The fact is that they are so achievement-oriented that they spend most of their childhood trying hard in school. By the time they get to university, it's almost a relief, but at that point, it's almost like these girls start experiencing childhood. Thus, the obsession with cutesy things. I don't know, it was an interesting point to think about. It's interesting too because the person that originally thought up this theory is an Asian girl who saw all this first-hand.
Gah, I'm so tired. I miss you lots, everyone! All your plane letters were amazing, and I cried. I actually bawled like a baby at the airport. I'm glad getting on the flight to Asia won't be as hard.
Eleven months will go by like that.
