During the first two years in Japan we will be full-time language students at a formal language school. Fluency in Japanese takes 5-7 years of study and practice and is crucial for thriving in both life and ministry in Japan as long-term missionaries. Mandy and I are both excited for and intent on learning Japanese well! Below is a pretty funny video about the difficulty of studying Japanese (start at 1 mini in).
Before I start studying Japanese though, I would like to refresh the biblical languages I learned in seminary. This year I am trying to keep up my Greek and Hebrew. An amazing resource I recently learned about (thank you Jeff Saunders!) is dailydoseofgreek.com and dailydoseofhebrew.com to help make this possible. Here is a sample video from Daily Dose of Hebrew:
Jonah 01.01 from DailyDoseofHebrew on Vimeo.
Oh man, so many languages! I'm pretty sure my English is not where it should be... I suppose I brought this on myself though.