Shiohama Gathering: 10,000 Reasons in Japanese

Where do you work?

We've referred freely to Harumi and to Shiohama, but you have no idea of their location or relation. Harumi is in the centre of this map, and a 15 minute bicycle ride to the east is Shiohama, which has an orange star and is circled in a red line. We go over three bridges to get from one place to the other, because everything in our area is divided into islands. Our Shiohama believers travel to Harumi twice a month to fellowship and worship with the believers there.

There's an App for That!

Thanks to our son-in-law, we now know what a Sous Vide is. His company is working on connectivity for household appliances, so his experience with both Apple & Android app programming got him hired quite quickly. Well, it was after a multi-year process of upgrading in order to make himself marketable. We're thankful for his diligence.

https://chefman.com/

The Train Station in Japan

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/the-amazing-psychology-of-japanese-train-stations/560822/

A Local Product

When we toured beautiful Izu Peninsula recently, I saw a Japan Coast Guard vessel that had been built in the shipyard visible across the channel from our balcony. One identical to this boat is being finished right now. They just painted it yesterday. It's welded aluminum plate with twin jet drive propulsion, so it moves at high speed. 

What Season is it in Tokyo?

Well, you could say it's "ajisai" or hydrangea season, but it's also rainy season. Almost every day during June we have rain. To celebrate Mizuho's birthday, Carol made the ajisai cupcakes. 

Just Too Cool...

How's this for  a pose? This was last Sunday. 

After the children's story and craft, while adults were finishing up our time in prayer, this is what the children were up to. Good thing the grown-ups didn't know...

Momo agreed to help out with the children on Sunday, which was a big help.