On Saturday, December 17th, the branch held the annual Christmas devotional/ party at the church. It brought back fond memories as it was the first branch function we attended just a day after we arrived here last year. We first watched the 1st Presidency Christmas devotional which had been interpreted into Japanese. They always show it on the computer screen in English at the same time. I love conference and anything from the church at home, but love it here, as it is SO wonderful to hear things in my own language- especially the music.
After the broadcast, the ping pong table was set up and everyone set out their foods for a potluck dinner.
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| Remi was recently called to be the leader of the Young Single Adults. Their first activity was to meet that day at 3:00pm and make food for the party. This was Nui's (on the right) first time to come back to church in a long, long time. How could he resist when cute Remi showed up at his door and invited him. |
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| The Young Single Adults made these cute crackers with mashed potato/ avocado Christmas trees on the top. They were quite tasty. |
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| They also made these donuts out of tofu. They were delicious. |
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| Beautiful Christmas cakes |
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| Imi made this scattered sushi and decorated it. Scattered sushi is a very common potluck dish. Someone brings it to nearly every potluck- which are held monthly in the branch. Imi Always makes something delicious. |
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| Sandwiches, noodle dishes, and rice dishes are also attendees at every Potluck. |
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| Our recent convert, Ryohei. He loves to hang with the missionaries and feels like one of them to us. |
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| We were thrilled that Sugiyama came. We are still praying she will find a job that will allow her to come to church on Sunday. |
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| We love Amane kun. He feels like a grandson to us. |
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| This dear couple recently moved into the branch. They are literally a God-send. He has served as an area authority 70. They have already done so much good. There seems to be no reason that they would move to this town- other than God sent them. We are so very grateful. |
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| Our branch president |
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| These two were best friends growing up. It's always fun when Hikaru comes home for a visit. |
It was a nice evening of Christmasing and fellowship.
2 comments:
The food is always so pretty. What a fun Christmas party!
Your branch knows how to celebrate! The food always looks so ascetically pleasing and "desirable to the taste"! Sounds like a fun way to celebrate with special people.
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