FRIDAY
Friday was the Bible Study with the ladies again. We talked about Exodus 12 and the beginnings of the Passover. After bible study, Laura taught classes and I.....was supposed to go to Japanese class. But it turned out to be a no-go this week cause I would have been late, so I attempted to study my Hiragana alphabet. The Japanese have like 3 or 4 different alphabets. Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji, I believe. The Hiragana has almost 50 characters in it... and I'm having a little bit of a hard time remembering what is what. I also colored some more flash cards! :D
After we got back to the house, Laura sent Kei and I out to buy some bread to go with dinner. I have fun hanging out with Kei. As we were walking, she would tell me words in Japanese like tree=ki, dog=ino, cat=neko, that sorta thing. After dinner was Clue and brownies. You can't go wrong with brownies, like ....ever. :)
SATURDAY
Saturday we went to Josh's Undokai. An undokai is kind of like a school track 
and field day, only with more pizzazz. Laura told me that they practice for weeks before the actual Undokai. Josh's school is a special needs school, so they made many of the events so that the kids are able to do them. Josh got to make a goal with a large ball..... and he liked playing in the dirt. haha
They also had a ping-pong-ball in a spoon race for people in the audience. Kei did that and got some juice as a prize :). Yata, Kei!
and field day, only with more pizzazz. Laura told me that they practice for weeks before the actual Undokai. Josh's school is a special needs school, so they made many of the events so that the kids are able to do them. Josh got to make a goal with a large ball..... and he liked playing in the dirt. haha
They also had a ping-pong-ball in a spoon race for people in the audience. Kei did that and got some juice as a prize :). Yata, Kei!
After the Undokai, we went to Kaze no jin which is basically a wind-surfing festival. Down by the beach were tons of flea market, food and game booths plus a concert stage. Wind surfing is pretty popular in Kashiwazaki.
On the way back to the house, we passed a small shrine. It is for a neighborhood caretaker. It's not a god, just a neighbor guardian/watchmen. I thought it was interesting, so yeah. Here ya go.When we got back home, Jerry and Laura taught Rebekah and I how to play Euchre. It was pretty fun! I love games! Yay!
After church and a fellowship lunch, we went to a Kite museum because today was the Kite Festival. 
Apparently, long ago, Samurai kids and village kids used to "fight" each other with kites. Soon, the parents got involved and the tradition of kite fights still stands. The kites are humungous, some as big as a small room.
Afterwords, we went to the actual kite fights. We got there too late for the fighting, but we got to see some of the huge kites get launched. It takes a team of about 30-50 people to launch these bad boys into the air.
Nathan and I also got to try some Japanese festival food, namely Takoyaki and Popoyaki. Takoyaki is fried octopus balls. They were actually pretty good, only, really chewy, and I could barely get past feeling the suckers on 
my tongue. haha. Popoyaki, however, tasted like a cross between soft pretzels and pancakes. They were sooooooo good.
SUNDAY
Ok. Now to today. We went to a church in Kamo today. It was a small church with a bilingual service. Jerry preached. He preached about wilderness experiences and how they strengthen our faith. We also got to meet Sanjo's intern, Nathan Worley(?). My brother's name is Nathan, and I was telling the girls (Rebekah and Kei) about him, so Kei thought that Worley was my brother and was so excited to meet him. haha.
After church and a fellowship lunch, we went to a Kite museum because today was the Kite Festival. 
Apparently, long ago, Samurai kids and village kids used to "fight" each other with kites. Soon, the parents got involved and the tradition of kite fights still stands. The kites are humungous, some as big as a small room.
Afterwords, we went to the actual kite fights. We got there too late for the fighting, but we got to see some of the huge kites get launched. It takes a team of about 30-50 people to launch these bad boys into the air.
Nathan and I also got to try some Japanese festival food, namely Takoyaki and Popoyaki. Takoyaki is fried octopus balls. They were actually pretty good, only, really chewy, and I could barely get past feeling the suckers on 
my tongue. haha. Popoyaki, however, tasted like a cross between soft pretzels and pancakes. They were sooooooo good.Prayers:
Kei-san, one of the ladies from our bible study, her aunt has been in a coma for almost three weeks now. The aunt is a widow and has no children. Kei-san's parents have been going to take care of her, but it is hard for them because they are older. So prayers for her
A lady named Sato-san in Laura's Thursday class has been asking alot of questions about the bible lately, and it is a good opportunity to minister to her, so prayers for that.
Next week from Sunday-Tuesday is the festival called Enma Ichi. ECS will be having an open door and having games/crafts for the kids as well as providing drinks. Prayers that this ministering opportunity will go well and that we might be able to attract new students for ECS.
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