Church was so much fun! I had resigned myself to the fact that I would not understand a word of the three hours, but in RS (which is first) I met a Spanish speaking family!! What a neat thing! They were from Cali, and were happy to hear that I had served Spanish-speaking in Oakland. They invited me to a "Spanish" Sunday School class that they hold. It turned out the the teacher spoke Portuguese. I was surprised at how much I understood of his lesson. It was way fun.
In Sacrament, they announced from the pulpit that I was visiting from the U.S. I felt a little conspicuous, but survived the attention... :) It turned out that the Brazilian man who taught my SS class also spoke in Sacrament, so I was able to get a little out of that meeting as well; mostly just that he loved his family...
The same couple and woman who had taken us out yesterday had set aside the rest of the day to take us out again. When we were talking, I realized that they had circled on their calendar all of the days that I would be in town. They were so kind!!! They took us on a long drive, and we toured the countryside.
I love these homes; they're just so authentic and beautiful!
On our drive we past the ocean, and out the window we saw these stakes coming up out of the water. I think we decided they were some sort of traps. They looked cool, whatever they were.
We passed over a neat bridge; keep in mind that the people I was with spoke no English, and I spoke ZERO Japanese, so I really didn't know what was going on most of the time. But it was so fun!
What can I say? I like bridges:
Me and the Tiff on our little roadtrip to who knows where
They packed us a picnic lunch!!! But it was raining too hard to get out of the car.
We stopped at another checkpoint; apparently a tourist hotspot this trip ;)
Tiffani the docent
Real samurai armor
The people who worked there really liked us, so they let us past the "do not cross" line to take a picture from inside the display.
So; you wanna be a samurai?
I can't actually remember what this is or why I'm making that face...
Admiring the really really big guns.
I could be wrong, but it looks to me like Tiffani is pretending like she knows what's going on...?
Next we went to an old fashioned hotel
This was a... warming station?
Here's where you leave your... shoes
The lovely porch view
Listening to the rain through a bamboo shoot.
Sliding Japanese doors. In Japan. Imagine that :)
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