2006 DEC 29 I slowed down a bit today with the number of activities I was participating in here. I skipped breakfast to catch up on sleep and then went to the morning Bible study at my hotel with the other 1,200 people who are in the "Open for Business" track. I've really been enjoying the Ephesians studies. After the morning session, I met up with Leon and some folks from ISI and San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church (SanLo) to attend the mid-morning general event at the America's Center (i.e., Edward Jones) dome. We gathered for lunch afterwards and I had the chance to finally see Chase and Yu from SanLo.
After lunch, I dropped by the Urbana bookstore and bought a t-shirt. I am a sucker for conference tees. Then I walked around the exhibitor hall and met with people representing two schools in the Tokyo area. I had a great discussion with Noryuri-san from Tokyo Christian University about the need for business professionals to do Business As Ministry (BAM) in Tokyo. Our discussion was very encouraging to me personally, as I am currently feeling drawn to this ministry. Then I had a nice conversation with Kathi and Scott over at the Christian Academy in Japan booth about their school in the Tokyo suburbs, which provides an International, English-language, education for grades K-12. I was really impressed with how the school is integrating modern technology into the curriculum via Apple Macintosh desktop, laptop, and Xerve computers.
Each day, we get a small newspaper called "URBANA TODAY" with news about the conference, which is produced by journalism students. I was really encouraged by the news that there were 49 people here from Japan! This was especially interesting, since I read there were 42 from the UK and 30 from Mexico.
Check out the latest webcasts or issues of "URBANA TODAY" on the Urbana website.
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