Today as I was looking for some info online, I happened across this video posted by another University of Alabama Chi Alpha alumnus, Mike Wilhelm. Although this video is not directly related to Japan, it is indirectly related to my going to Japan. When I was a student and then later on staff at the University of Alabama with Chi Alpha, I met many students from around the world. I found that I was intrigued with Asians, in particular, and wondered if God might call me to Asia someday.
A Chinese student taught us the Chinese pronunciation and lyrics within two weeks for the Chinese New Year's celebration at The University of Alabama on February 8, 1992. I remember obsessively practicing so much that I picked up my guitar to help with singing an Asian melody. I also remember that afterwards folks thought that we all had been studying Chinese for a while. They were surprised to hear that we had learned the song in just two weeks.
Later, I sang this song to connect with university students when I visited China in 1999.
Interestingly, the guy introducing us in Chinese WAS studying Chinese and is now a seminary professor in Japan. His sister and her husband are missionaries in Japan. She was the one who introduced me to Chi Alpha when we were students at The University of Alabama.
