It's Sunday morning. Once again, Twisted and I wake up stupid early. After taking a walk somewhere (the location and duration elude me) we eat some leftover tasty stew goodness and rice, also, some persimmons. Yay! One interesting thing about Japan. Apparently they simply do not believe in food poisoning. I guess they don't have bacteria and microorganisms in the entire country or something. The stew we ate had been left out on the stove in a pot all afternoon and night before we ate it for breakfast. Yikes! However, no illnesses were contracted.
Once again we go out in our volunteer preaching work, this time with a simply adorable girl, Tomoko Daidoji. Actually, Tomoko is 36 years old, though she looks maybe 23. So cute.
Once we get home, Twisted and I eat the last tiny bits of the tasty stew and rice (which, once again, have been left out on the stove). After this, Twisted and I take a walk to the grocery store, called Avance. In the katakana under the name it says "Abanse", the Japanese pronunciation (which I'm assuming is a poorly translated form of Advance, but whatever). Twisted and I will have to buy our groceries for ourselves at this store. The couple we are staying with will be going on vacation in Okinawa for a week and we will have to fend for ourselves whilst at home. When we go to our Bible studies and out in our ministry we won't be alone, but still. It's a little daunting.
This is something adorable we see at the store.
Yes, that boy's shirt says "Relaxation Important". I love the Engrish in Japan. So humorous.
Once we get home we get ready for a Bible discourse and discussion that we will be attending. Our brother, Tofu, is the one giving the discourse, and he has a migraine, the poor fellow. He does well, needless to say, speaking slightly slower and trying not to use too many ginormous scientific terms because almost the entire congregation is comprised of non-native English speakers.
We get to meet many nice people in the congregation. I went to that same congregation once when I was in Japan a year and a half ago so I already know some of the people. For Twisted and Tofu, though, there are many new people to meet. Twisted and I get to meet Tofu's other roommate, Akira Sato, who is recovering for a car accident he had just prior to our arrival in Japan. Akira is absolutely insane. Nice and funny, but insane.
After the congregation meeting, many gather at Twisted and my host families house to talk and eat dinner. We meet a Japanese speaking family whose house we will later stay at for two nights. Very exciting.
We go to bed extremely exhausted, but very happy that night.
