LDS IN JAPAN

Off to church we went....With our neighbors upstairs the Brady's from Orchard Heights Ward. It took us 20 minutes to walk to the train, & 15 minutes on the train. We met Brother Cliff Reinbold at the station in Yokosuka, thank goodness..... Then another 5 minutes to the church building. Wow, the church can only rent a building in Japan. The chapel and 1 classroom on the main floor. Auxiliaries are on separate floors. Relief Society was next to Nursery (I say why not next to Elders Quorum?) lol There are 7 Young Women including Chelsea :) she is over-joyed :) Seminary is this Tuesday and the Burbank's (remember Aslynn from girl's camp) are picking her up! So much for sleeping in for the next 3 months. :( Wednesday is mutual and YSA is on Monday nights, with not more than a handful of kids I think. The good thing is....they are just starting institute!!!!! Someone was called Sunday.

After church, we took a short tour of Yokosuka and saw Cliiff's hotel room. Tiny..... our living room here is as big as his whole living space. Shops everywhere, we love shopping, if only we knew what they meant..... Rosetta Stone Help......... He was a great tour guide for us. Thanks Cliff. :) I thought I recognized the word chocolate on a building, it was a hair salon..... ha-ha But he did show us the good foods to buy. Bakery, donut shop, Ramon cafe' and of course places not to go. lol We went to eat at a Chinese place which was very exciting, we tried things like fungus and mushrooms our first taste of real foriegn food. On to the base to take care of I D cards.! Of course a jaunt to the Exchange and Commissary so we would know where we were going. We ended up going to get some grocerys on base and ventured to take yet another taxi ride With all of our grocieries we filled them up in this gigantic bag dad had. So much to see and do :0 Let's get started. Stay tuned for more adventures..... with Chelsea & Alisa