Day 3

Day 3
Today was my host dads day off. We went to register me in the Japanese government thing, but honestly I had no idea what was going on. There was even some trouble getting me registered, but I think it was sorted out when he made a few phone calls. Apparently you have to register when you move to a new place in Japan, especially if you're a foreigner. I got to talk to my parents in the morning, and cause my host dad has a portable wifi hotspot I can get wifi whenever I'm with him. I feel okay in the morning cause I can talk to my parents whenever, but when night comes around I get depressed. Partially because I get tired and partially cause night is when I think the most.
My host family likes learning English, and it's good for me too because I can practice translating between Japanese and English, and speaking japanese all the time is really tiring so I guess it's good to have some time speaking English. It also occupies my mind so i dont think about home. For Lunch we went to this little hole in the wall ramen shop which was really good. I had chicken shio ramen, a limited item on their menu. I guess what Ur supposed to do is order more noodles after you've finished and eat them with the raw soup. I didn't really understand the point of it, so I didn't order more. I guess it gets less oily and more starchy. Overall it was really good but whenever I eat I feel like I'm going to throw up :/ I don't know why.
After lunch we walked home and rested a bit, and then I went out with my host family to a big electronics store. It was huge! Probably every imaginable electronic device in that store. I realized today that I really like Japanese style cameras. Especially the cute dslrs. So awesome! Maybe I can get permission from my parents to buy one ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ we went to find a computer that my host mom liked because my host dad stepped on her old one. She was so sad to hear that they weren't selling hers anymore :/ but she still found one she liked (which just happened to be a really good computer). We also went to get Tomoki, my host brother, a new shaver because his old one couldn't cut his beard completely off! Gross but funny. We had this really quirky lady help us find a good quality but cheap razor, but while my host parents were trying ones out the lady kept asking me questions and telling me that I'm cute. Oh well, never reject a complement. After that we came home and I fell asleep for 3 hours before eating dinner.
My host sister Risa makes funny noises when she's studying hard. It's fun to watch... She hasn't left the table at all today! All they do is study. Tomoki too. i guess that's normal, but They study way too much. Over just a few days I've learned how difficult speaking English is. I'm fluent, but even I can't speak really well. It takes years and years to get to just where I am, and even at my level there's lots more to learn. Being here has taught me that. And even though these students study so much, they still can't speak well. It only took me 5 years of really simple, laid back studying to be able to speak Japanese at my level, but these people study all their lives and can barely form an english sentence without thinking it through well. They know all the vocab, all the sentence structures, everything they need, but I can tell that without being fully immersed in the language like I'm doing its hard for them to learn to speak. I guess the best way to learn a language is to listen/fully immerse yourself. So I guess Its good that I'm here. It's just being away from familiar things is really hard. I guess after a while everything here will become familiar to me and I won't have to worry about homesickness. Maybe I won't want to go home, even. I hope that happens soon. I hate this feeling.
Today I learned that I'm only staying with my host family for three months, which probably means ill have three different families. I like my family right now a lot, and I guess moving to other families will feel weird. Oh well we'll see.
I guess I'm not in a bad mood right now, so Im nervous and kinda jittery. I just want to go home. Maybe I'll stay half the year. I don't know. DARNIT I forgot I need to write my speech for school! I have three days to figure it out.
Today after dinner we talked about English, cleaned,organized, and even called the grandparents.
I'm so tired right now! I should just write the rest tomorrow.
Today's prayer: dear heavenly father, thank you for always watching over me. I can't see the path you've laid out for me, but I know I can trust that it is fixed and safe.you are so powerful and so loving. I can trust that everyday you will lead me by the plan you've made for me. I thank you for yor love, and I pray that this trip get Even more fun. ❤❤bye bye
That's not the end! So when I first got on the plane, my parents gave me a letter which I forgot to read until today. I think it's the solution to my homesickness, but right now just thinking about it makes me want to go home so badly. At the moment I just feel like quitting, but it hasn't even been a week! I keep telling myself to endure for at least a month. Probably by the end of that month ill be enjoying Japan, but if I'm not... I don't know what I'll do. I talked to drew Balog and he said he wasn't homesick at all! I don't understand how that's possible, but I'm just praying that ill get over this soon with God's help. In the letter my parents gave me, the verse psalm 105:4 was written at the bottom: "look to The Lord and his strength; seek his face always." From now on I'm going to try to keep my head up. I can do this. Surely with God's help I can do this.