A Special Visitor in our Little Branch

This sweet little girl  came to Japan from America to stay with her aunt who lives here.  Her name is Nicole.  Her mother is Japanese and her father is Greek.  Her aunt and uncle are not members of our church, but she and her parents are.  So her aunt and uncle would faithfully bring her to church each Sunday for the month or so that she was here,  and then pick her up at the end.  On her last Sunday here, we all gathered in the chapel after church to have a branch photo taken (this will be a treasure!) and then she gave a sweet little thank you speech.  Then she played the piano for us.  She is amazing.  She played two numbers and then we encored her for a third.  Then she bade a tearful goodbye.  Then, in the precious Japanese way, every branch member went out to the parking lot and waved and bowed while she drove away with her aunt.  It was a sweet and unifying experience.  Here are some videos and pictures from that day:

This is the picture of the branch- or who was in attendance that day.  The branch president is taking the picture.

This is Nicole giving her sweet thank you speech.

She then sat down at the piano and blew us all away with her talent.