Prepping for Visitors
Our original plan was to upgrade to a bed when we moved to Nagoya. Both sets of parents are planning extended visits so we thought they could use the bed and once they return home we would transition from futons … Continued
Thanksgiving Lunch in January
Thanks to people sending stuff from America we had left over cooking ingredients from Thanksgiving and Christmas. After buying a large turkey from Costco, which we also didn’t use over the holidays, I decided to make T-Day Lunch for some … Continued
Lunch with Friends
After our Church Bible Study today we went over to a church member’s house for lunch. As you can imagine the food was delicious and we enjoyed meeting some new people. One gal happens to live just down the street … Continued
Christmas Dinner
An annual team tradition is to eat Christmas dinner together in the afternoon on Christmas Day. We packed up the car and enjoyed a time of prayer and fellowship with our team. It was nice to have some food from … Continued
Christmas Eve Party
One of our Christian friends always hosts an Annual Christmas Party. Everyone brings their favorite dish to share and each chip in to provide artist entertainment. Cathalain played guitar when the group sang “Joy to the World” and for the … Continued
Shiga Church Christmas Celebration
Many churches had various festivities on December 23 since it was the last Sunday before Christmas. We decided to take part in the church we will begin working with in next year, Shiga Church. The morning started with a traditional … Continued
The Annual Christmas Costco Trip
Last year in December was my first trip to Costco in Japan. I went a total of 3 times this year and each time was a lot of fun. (Remember your reading a gal who used to go to Sam’s … Continued
Kid’s Christmas Part II
One of the families we are closest with invited us to visit their church for their Kid’s Christmas Celebration. In the morning we went to worship, after worship had lunch together at Church, and then took part in the Kid’s … Continued
Christmas Decorations
Every year it seems like there are more and more Christmas decorations in the shopping centers and public spaces. It is always a little surprising to hear Christmas music streaming through the store’s speakers, often Christmas hymns sung in English, … Continued
Michael’s Graduation
Today Michael has officially graduated from the AIJP at Yamasa!!!! He completed levels 101-302 which was a total of 1,453 classroom hours. (This doesn’t include all the studying outside of the classroom!) At graduation all the outgoing students give a … Continued