Sunday, April 24, 2011

"So they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days." -Numbers 10:33

Earlier this month Rev. David Copley, the  Mission Personnel Officer for the Episcopal Church, came to Japan.  I met up with him in Tokyo and we spent a whirlwind three days traveling around Japan, visiting placements and meeting different people.  We went sightseeing in Tokyo and met with someone at the Provincial Office for the Nippon Sei Ko Kai.  Then we traveled to Tochigi Prefecture to visit ARI (Asian Rural Institute) and spend the night there.  After ARI we took a train to KEEP (Kiosato Educational Experiment Farm), a dairy farm, hotel and community complex that was founded by American Missionary Paul Rusch just after World War II.  Then we traveled south to Nagoya where David met with my supervisor and got to sit in on an English class that I was helping to teach!  It was a very busy but very fun trip.  I got to meet some incredible people and see some very beautiful places.  I even saw Mt. Fuji!!  Here are some pictures from the trip:

Sakura! Cherry Blossoms


Really Frozen Fish.  They cut them with giant power saws.


"Save Power and Carry On"


Anglican Church in Japan Provincial Offices in Tokyo


Pigs! At ARI!

Fixing the roof after the earthquake.

Earthquake damage


ARI is in a very beautiful part of Japan


Mountains around KEEP


MT. Fuji in the distance!


Music Box from France


At KEEP

Paul Rusch. "Do your Best and It Must Be First Class"

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