Nov. 19, 2008 - Let it Snow!!!!!!!!!!!
So we got up this morning to a chilly day. And as the day progressed it started to snow. It was beautiful and fluffy and we enjoyed watching it. I drew the curtains closed in the living room and started reading The Secret Garden and had finished about two chapters when my oldest, Rebecca, said wow, it is snowing alot! We all went to look and what would you know, there was snow everywhere. On the ground and on the trees. It is just beautiful, but snow in November? It seems kind of soon for this kind of snow. But now my kids are happily playing in it. Jason has told me it should snow all night. So, I guess, the snow season has started here in Japan. And they weren't joking when they said we get snow here. It is beautiful and feels like Christmas!
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Nov. 17, 2008 - A blessing to me!!!!!!!!!
I just wanted to share with everyone a blessing that has come into my life. We have moved to Japan, and in doing so met our husband's boss. He and his wife are christians and support homeschooling. They have been wonderful and very helpful. Carmen has shown alot of interest in my girls. She had our family over to her house for dinner and we all played games. We played girls only games and had a blast. Then Carmen asked if she could take Rebecca, my oldest, jogging with her. They went today and Rebecca walked/ran 3 miles. I am so proud of her. Next Carmen wants to take Melissa to a flower arranging class with her tomorrow. It is a Japanese class. What a great experience for my girls! I really appreciate the blessing in the form of Carmen. And we also met a famiy that my husband works with who are homeschooling christians. That is a rarity I can tell you! They have shown us around and included us in their family so quickly! It is so nice to be around people that care about you and help you when you really need it. We have found a wonderful church as well. I can tell you that when you walk into a mission church to the military it is a special thing. You aren't a stranger to anyone. Everyone talks to you and everyone knows everyone else. They offer to help you any way that they can. What a blessing it is to be around so much christian love in a place where they don't generally believe in Christ. I just wanted to share with all of you. Please continue to pray for our family. The prayers are working! God bless!
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Nov. 7, 2008 - The Park in Japan
We went to the park with some friends. This park was by the Shimota mall. The lake is another park that we went to. The Japanese have beautiful parks. The ducks were so polite. They walked up to us and then just sat there, waiting for food. No pushing or anything.
We are really enjoying our life here. It is different than anything I have ever done. We drive on the wrong side of the road and we can only go aroun 30-40 miles an hour. I think the fastest I have driven is 50 and that was on a toll road. The Japanese are very polite and hard working. They run to get you something or to do their jobs. Even in McDonalds, they run to get the fries or drinks. We have a man that comes to our house every Tuesday and Friday to get and drop off drycleaning. They are very dependable. Misawa is very interesting to look at. The roads don't have names so everything kind of looks the same. Especially when you can't read Japanese. Their style and ours is very different.
As for living here, people on base are very friendly too. Everyone talks to everyone else and you get together with people to do things. It is like a giant family. There are lots of family friendly activites going on. The base chapel sponsers Awanas so the kids go to that and love it!
If anyone has any questions for me, please comment about them and I will answer them in the next post. It is fasinating living here and such a great homeschool experience!
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Oct. 27, 2008 - Finally Back to blogging!
Hi everyone! I am back to blogging. It has been a while since I have been on here and lots of changes have been taking place in our lives. We got orders to Japan while Jason was deployed at the beginning of the year. So we went into overdrive trying to get everything ready for our move. I was a crazy woman of course, but we got everything done and now I am writing to you from Misawa Japan. We really like it here. It is an interesting place with lots and lots of homeschool opportunities. The kids are learning some Japanese(me too) and we are experiencing a new culture. So now I will be blogging all about our adventures here in Japan. God has blessed us lots! I will try to blog on a more regular basis and keep everyone interested in our adventures updated! Have a blessed week!
