Here is a video of an English class I teach at a local elementary school. This class has two classes combined to make the size about 72 students. We meet in the music room in order to have enough space. The students here are "trying out" what they were taught.
Abigail's 13th birthday on March 6th. She had a butterfly cake!
While Tanya was recovering in the hospital from surgery, the kids visited Mama and boy were they happy to see her! Normally, in Japan, folks are required to stay a number of days (like a week) after surgery for recovery:
Malachi's 11th birthday was on March 17.
Malachi enjoyed a "bug" cake that his sisters made for him! :)
Zebulun (Zeb) enjoyed his 3rd birthday on March 22nd and got a "frog" cake! Needless to say, he really liked it! Ha-ha! And, yes, March is our busy birthday month!
In April we were given a used van! Praise the Lord! It is a Toyota "Noah!" Seats eight! LOL! Seriously though, having this vehicle will mean cheaper annual taxes and bi-annual inspection costs compared to our previous van. This saved and will save us hundreds of dollars.
Josiah turned 7 on April 15th. He got a military cake! Cool, huh?
Gideon had his 9th birthday on June 13th. He had "cowboy" cupcakes! Yeehaw! BTW, part of the cowboy hats were Pringle Chips! :)
Working on tract packets in June. Missionary friend Ken Mansell has a Bible College student working with him for the summer. For one week that student, Virgil, stayed with us and we enjoyed his help and fellowship.
Tanya went grocery shopping recently and was greeted by this. LOL! Now THAT'S a BIG fish!!!
June 25. Here is part of a typical class in which I teach English. These students are going around practicing with each other what they were just taught.
For Tanya's birthday on Jun 29th, I took Tanya out for lunch. Shibetsu is famous within Japan for it's sheep farm, sheep museum, and sheep dishes. This is lamb curry soup set meal that Tanya had.
I (Alan) got the lamb over rice set meal. Pretty yummy. In Japanese a sheep sound is not "bah bah," but "meh meh!" :)
Tanya has always wanted a nice album to put our wedding photos in. Well, for the last few months I worked on the below project: I digitized and cleaned up our wedding pictures and had a hardback book made.
Hokkaido crows are big and pesky! Lately they've been taking a liking to our church/house roof!
On Sunday July 1st, we enjoyed having our church member Mrs. Nishio's daughter Asumi and her children in church. She lives about 4 hours away and is here in Shibetsu after the birth of her 2nd child. It is custom here after delivering a baby for the mother stay with her family (mom and dad) for a month or so in order to rest and get help from "mom!"
Tanya and I with Asumi's new baby girl, "Aoi."
Zebulun and Asumi's son "Taiga" had a fun time playing together!
Well that's my informal "little shotgun" photo/comment update. A little of this and that!!
Lord bless you all.
Take care,
Alan
They are wonderful!
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