This Week

Hello all. I hope that your week has started out well. My week has already been busy. On Sunday before church, I helped make spaghetti sauce. We put it in the crock-pot so that it would be ready by supper. We had three people come over for supper, and then a fourth came afterward for rehearsal for the next two Sundays. Monday was another busy day. First, I gathered materials for an English lesson with Hinako and Eastin. Around noon, I walked down half of the stairs in the building and back up. By 1:30 I had not eaten lunch, but didn't have enough energy at the time. I went to lie down for a little while and ended up going to sleep and sleeping nearly 2 hours! Oops! Afterward, Eastin and I went to Hinako's house for the lesson. We had so much fun! I let them make a paper chain using pieces of paper that they had written words on. They liked it. :) Today has been busier than yesterday, considering I didn't have time to take a nap today. :) After my shower I fed Baby and ate my cereal, after which I had about 10 minutes to chat with family. Then I started lunch. Abi had staff meeting here today, so we made lunch for Rev. Fukuda. I chopped 3 potatoes, 1 carrot, and 1 onion, and boiled them so Abi could make curry. Then I washed the leftover dinner dishes and the breakfast dishes. I had a half gallon of sweet tea steeping while I did that. Then I made my chai and made time to read my Bible. I also read a wonderful prayer out of the Valley of Vision entitled Savior. Then I had a chance to make bread. It was another success! I used the same recipe, and we tried it as soon as I took it out of the oven. It's Wonderful! I think most of it is gone already! I also went for a walk today. I walked down the stairs to the first floor, and then went walking in the neighborhood. I walked back up to the 17th floor of the building. After my walk I did English reading with Aidan before he went to karate. After he left, I did reading with Eastin too. After putting Coen down for a nap I sat down here. Today we found out where I can get my hair cut without going to Chiba. I could not believe it, but the salon is in Ginza, the main shopping hub around here. Mrs. Fukuda told us about a place I can get a hair cut for less than I was expecting... Only about 2800 yen, rather than the usual 4000. :) Hopefully I'll get it cut soon now.

I did want to make an observation about Japanese culture. One thing I have noted is rubber boots. Since I come from working on the farm, I love wearing rubber boots. In the Sates, I used to bug my sister when she wore shorts with her rubber boots, and I thought it was funny when she rode the ferris wheel last year at the county fair in her shorts and rubber boots.... I have learned since I've been here that if you are going to wear rubber boots, you don't wear long pants. All the 'fashionable' ladies always wear shorts when it rains, just so they can wear their boots. I thought that was so funny when I realized it! :)

Well, I guess I have written enough for now. The past two days have been so packed that I really can't remember anything else that happened ... Tomorrow morning there is a Japanese lesson going on here, and I think there's something in the afternoon, I just can't remember what it is right now... I'll remember when I need to remember. :)

Good bye for now...

All my love,

Hannah