Life in Japan

A tag in one of E’s clothing.  Name and blood type.  Only in Japan! **Blood type is very important in Japan and used in personality testing and like a horoscope.

When you move to Japan there is a long list of things that need to be done to make living a bit more easier.  One hurdle was passing the driving test and receiving our Japanese license.  The last major hurdle … Continued

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After Christmas three of our friends from America came for three weeks.  Tobin was SO excited to have friends around to talk with and play with.  They were a bit messy and sometimes smelly, but a lot of FUN!  One … Continued

This year some of the ladies from our previous church came to our house for a Traditional Christmas meal. It was good practice for next week’s event! I also had the ladies play “Dirty Santa.” It was interesting since the … Continued

I met a gal for discipleship tonight and we went out to this pizza restaurant. We both are trying to eat healthier so we ordered a salad. The menu described it as having over 13 vegetables. This is what arrived. … Continued

Michael and I realized after we were married we didn’t really have any shared hobbies. Michael finally convinced me to play two different video games, Mario and Rayman. When new versions are released we always play through them together. We … Continued

Sometimes when foreigners return to their home country they throw huge liquidation sales, aka Sayonara Sales.  These are great times for us to buy things we want/need.  Recently a team member’s friend left for home and gave us a bread … Continued

We were really trying to hang onto our couch for another year, but as you can tell it was nasty. Even with a cover E was somehow able to find tons of little couch shreds all over. She of course … Continued