first day in tokorozawa

had my first Sunday with the church family here in Saitama area.
Megan and I stay with Rich and Candice in Fuchu (Tokyo prefecture) which is about 10 miles south of Tokorozawa, though it takes about an hour's drive to get there. so we spent our entire day in Saitama from the morning Sunday service till the end of the Sunday night service. Travis, Mike Snyder, and Shyou(sp?) led us in worship that morning and Travis taught from Exodus 14 while Shyou translated. It was a good message.

gundam

on Saturday we went to Odaiba and did a little bit of touristy things where they had the huge slightly animatronic Gundam statue that moved the head, which Ally (a student from UFlorida who has been living with a family and teaching English in Tokorozawa for the past five weeks) really wanted to see. There was a good size crowd out there. Travis and Rich were making fun and were asking when the horn was going to be blown for the people to congregate and bow down and bring their offerrings. Twas a fun day

field trip to the aquarium: mini version

these kids go to the daycare at the school where Rich and Candice Rose teach English in Fuchu at the"We Go Eigo" Christian preschool and elementary conversational English school where Megan and i have been helping at.

They are so adorable. Continued prayer for them and their parent's salvation is a blessing, please pray.

meet up with megan

Rich picked me up from the airport after i said bye to the fam then we headed straight to Fuchu where i was warmly greeted by some of the awesome students.

disneySea: the only one that exists

well there were better pics that we took, i just dont have 'em so here's a short clip of proof.

fujisan

this is proof of our ascent to the mouth of the Mount Fuji. their were many twists and turns along the whole way, metaphorically and literally, but you would have to ask one of us in person the great adventure that we had on that memorable mountain. stay tuned to hear more aboｕｔ　ｔｈｅ　amargo's amazing adventure: mainland/Tokyo version...

beginning of the mailand adventure

we asa fam came to tokyo last friday. the events that took place the following five days will stick in out memory banks for the rest of our lives. this is a shot taken from the bus that we took fresh of the plane towards central Tokyo.