Crash course

It was some time since we last put up a post on the blog. For 2 weeks since returning from Sendai, we have been engaged in a frenzy of activity, and did not have adequate time to collect our thoughts to write in the blog. Plenty had happened though: We resumed full time Japanese language classes in the mornings, met up with friends from Singapore in town, and carried on with our ministry. We will put up more posts once we find our footing.

Our language classes seemed to take up the most energy and time. We've signed up for a 2 month crash course to prepare for our JLPT2 exam on 7 December. There is a whole lot more to study for this exam this time as compared to the JLPT3 we took last year. For JLPT2 we have to remember: (JLPT3 level in brackets) 1000 Kanji characters (300), 6000 words (1500), and a lot of extra grammar.

That particular class progresses at such an incredible pace that it seems like we were at anytime about to veer off a cliff, collide and burn... (thus our definition of a crash course) At the end of each 3 hour session of sustained concentration, we leave the class mentally exhausted. Perhaps our brains aren't as nimble as they once were.

Please pray that we will be able to keep our concentration during class, and that we will stay effective in our ministry even after tiring days. We have approximately 40 days remaining to the exam. For everyone who is also taking JLPT this year, 一緒に頑張れましょう！