karaoke

Quiz:

What does "Karaoke" means?

Faces lit up when I mentioned that I was at karaoke a few days before.
"How nice~! I want to go too!" a young man sighed, " in fact, I have also just been recently."
So, what does it matter, he wants to go again!

This afternoon, I was having a series of email exchanges with a high school girl whom I have met only once.
"Let's go out somewhere together!" I wrote, "we can do bowling, go to a game centre, karaoke, go to the movies, rent a DVD, whatever!"

"I want to go to karaoke!" came the reply....

So it's back to this again, singing into a mike...
Not that I don't want to do it, but that I (Lucy, that is) sing so very badly....
Out of tune, out of time, can't hit the high notes, can't catch the key or the melody....

Anyone worse than me out there??

Nonetheless, it is a great way to meet people and build relationship.
And well, if I sing badly, anyone singing with me can only feel encouraged and become more confident! Always a plus.

So if you are good at singing, come join us as a karaoke missionary!!

Answer: "kara"means empty, "oke"is the shortened form for orchestra.

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street live

There are talents like ants - that is, everywhere- in Tokyo.

It all started when JP, a Brazilian hip hop dancer who came to us for 4 days.
He was all ready to perform on the street, for Jesus.

We took him to places where we hope there will be people who would watch, then we talked to those who stopped and watched till the end.

From there, we realised it was so much easier to talk to the other street performers than trying to attract passerby.

These street musicians have excellent voices, great guitar playing, and a lot of passion and courage.

The 2 groups that we spoke to write their own songs. Beautiful, original melodies and moving lyrics.

It makes us want to cry listening to them.

God in heaven too is listening, and he wants them to sing for him too.