Let's speak Japanese!

Hello everyone!
yesterday, I found two Japanese ladies who wanted to have a Skype conference call; So, they added me to their contact list(s). We tried to have a 50/50 English and Japanese meeting. While one lady was just a beginner and spoke a little English, She made a lot of very good English sentences.
The other lady did not try as hard. She could read English very well but was not willing to speak too much. We had a lot of fun using our Beginners English and Japanese.
Today, I spoke to my new friend but, unlike last night, She didn't want to speak English at all and would only do it when I was having a hard time with my Japanese vocabulary or grammar. That's ok because, I will keep at it and study Japanese more. In the meantime, I will become a little more strict and get them to speak more English.
So, to all of the people trying to learn Japanese in the USA or other places,there is hope; You can find Japanese Native speakers(from japan) who will help you learn Japanese. Don't expect a qualified Japanese teacher but, if you are true to a time frame where you can have an hour before your bedtime or before there's, you can learn Japanese a lot faster than books or movies; Don't through away your textbooks or audio/movie systems.
Here is my best way to study vocabulary(and i'm ready to start it)Make flash cards by using the paint program for your windows computer; I know this is time-consuming but I think it will help. You will need to have a japanese text editor on your pc. Open up your paint and (for example)use the text button to type in "Apple" and save it as V(for vocab)1.(v1). Type all the English letters as odd numbers and then save all the japanese translations(in this case（りんご）I know it's very time consuming and make sure you don't lose track of the words and numbers or you will have wrong English to Japanese translations.
After you have 10 or 20 words made and saved correctly, use the slide show for that folder to see the English word and say the Japanese word before it appears; Then reverse the order of the slideshow. After you do all of that, Increase the speed of the slideshow and try it again.
I hope this helps you. It helped me until a virus destroyed those files. Soon, I will try it again.
Needless to say, talking with my new friends in Japanese was very fun. So, let's all study and become better.
Mata ne(see you later)
Osakaben(aka scott)