We are getting settled in our new home in Japan. The elders took part of the P-Day on Monday to help us find second hand stores to shop for furniture. We found some sweet deals on bedside tables, etc. We've since ordered curtains and chairs and Internet. We will wait a bit for each of those.
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| On Tuesday we drove back to Sendai for Christmas TaiKai (Conference.) It was fun to see the missionaries enjoy being together so much and celebrating the season together. |
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| The drive was beautiful. |
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| We stopped at a rest stop on the way and bought a Japanese breakfast snack. This roll has cream inside. |
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| The Elders and Sisters at the conference acted out the nativity. |
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| The Senior Missionaries in our zone |
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| On our way home, we stopped at Costco in Yamagata. What a sweet place Costco is with all of our American goods! |
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| This week, I attempted to bake cookies in our little oven to take to our neighbors for Christmas. They turned out alright, but not great. |
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| We attended the Christmas party at the English class and enjoyed playing Japanese party games. |
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| Corn soup for refreshments |
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| On Thursday we drove to Sakata to help with English class there. We got our first glimpse of the Sea of Japan. |
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| Our branch president and his wife went through the Tokyo temple and were sealed on Wednesday. They are expecting their first baby in March. This is a picture of a picture on an ipad. That is his mother with them. She is also in the branch. |
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| The elders preparing for English class |
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| We had the elders over for dinner on Christmas day. We prepared stockings to give to them. |
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| Look at the size of that Nashi! |
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| Nashi is one of the things Ken was most looking forward to tasting again. It did not disappoint! |
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| We heated the ham in the rice cooker. I pushed wrong buttons, so it wasn't heated when the Elders came. Here, they are figuring out how to make it work. It's impossible to read instructions. But we figured it out and the ham was delicious. |
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| I also made funeral potatoes, glazed carrots, corn, rolls (from Costco), ham sauce, brownies, ice cream and caramel sauce. A Christmas feast! |
Christmas was definitely different than what we're used to, but it was nice and we are glad we are here. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
6 comments:
Merry Christmas!! You did prepare a Christmas feast. It is so fun seeing the pictures from your Christmas week. I love learning more about Japan through your experiences.
I love these updates! You performed a Christmas miracle, working with unfamiliar equipment in a brand new space, and creating such a scrumptious feast for those Elders. Top chef worthy! I am touched seeing the picture of that beautiful family going to the temple for the first time. So excited for you and can't wait to hear more!
I love seeing all the pictures and knowing what's going on over there in Japan. And I cannot wait to see your New Year's pictures as that's their huge celebration! Hope you get to go to a shrine or two and maybe they'll let you take pictures (shashiin) right?
I'll bet those missionaries loved that Christmas Dinner!! You are amazing - figuring everything out and creatively using what you have! I also love your pictures and your cute description of everything! I sure you will always remember this Christmas!! Happy New Year!!
I brought home a Japanese rice cooker from one of my trips to visit my kids. I can only cook rice in it, so I'll need lessons ..,
What a feat! I'm sure those Elders were grateful. Those nashi are huge! Do they taste better there in Japan than here? Beautiful sunset pictures of the Sea of Japan! Eikaiwa looks fun!
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