October and November, 2013
Finally... Free wifi... At Onomichi train station
Our 7 week work assignment at the Japan Bethel has come to an end. To be honest, it feels more like 7 months since we arrived in Japan. So much has happened. Along the way we have made many many new friends. Let us introduce you to just a few of them.
Alex, Raelynn, Jane, Lena, Kei (waving) and Seiko
Some of the crew that we came with from Australia REO at Sushi 100. Iain, Steve, Jane and Lena
Lloyd and Blair discussing chopstick philosophy.
International Volunteers Raelynn and Peter from Australia were in Japan branch a few months before we arrived, gathering information about the buildings in preparation for our visit. Do you see the look of fear in Peters eyes? He has never eaten sushi before...
But here he goes...
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"What do you think Peter? Not entirely convinced I see..."
"Mmmmmm, I'd prefer it deep fried with batter and served with chips
Lloyd and Alex, Iain and Lena, Blair, Peter and Ralynn, Steve and Jane. The BC arranged for us to have our own Monday night Watchtower study rather than sit through the Japanese language one.
We knew that Iain loved pipes, we just never knew how much.
Jane and Steve.
Yuki and Naoko, in Bethel on a 3 month assignment coordinating a seismic study of some older buildings.
Kazuo, Lena, Alex, Raelynn, Satomi and Kiyomi.
Here is Jun interpreting between Yukio and Ian. Of the dozens of meetings and many hundreds of conversations we had in the corse of our work, most required interpreting to some degree...
Jun, Iain, Kunji, Kazuo, Blair and Jun.
Osamu, Blair, Jun, Tomo and Yuki
The improvised Drafting school. Osamu, Blair, Jun, Tomo, and Yuki.
Kenta and Tsutomu. Two brothers with architectural background who were reassigned from the bindery to help us.
Yuki, Jun, Blair, Lena, Iain, Alex, Lloyd, Steve, Kenta and Tsutomu.
Shingo, Tomo, Blair, Jun, Jun, and Tsutomu.
Osamu and Sachiko.
Satomi and Kazuo.
Sae and Junichi.
Kunji and Shino.
Toru and Mariko.
Us with Yuka and Ray (from Ebina English congregation) in their beautiful living room.
An evening of delicious Sri Lankan cuisine, and....
Vegemite...
Michi is about to be put through an experience...
. . . The face says it all! He likes it as much as we like Nato...
Hiro, Michie, Billy, Lloyd, Alex, Stacey, Yuko and Yuka from the Ebina English congregation.
Takashi from the garage.
Kaoru on the ball in the Writing department...
Kono from purchasing
Shintaro and Masa in the laundry.
Kitchen crew aste testing the cook-chill food at the Tokyo Electrolux showroom.
Yuko (nutritionist), Kono (purchasing), Taka (chef), Junya (kitchen overseer assistant), Toshki (chef) and the big guy is an Electrolux chef.
Dining room team.
Mari and Matori, dining room
Jane worked with the dining room team. That's one plate polished, just 820 to go.
The waiters: Ojimi and Hiro (far right) with many new friends.
Emi, Junko, Alex, Kanako, Chisato, some of the shipping sisters.
Michiyo and Alex
Yuki and Motoji
To be continued...
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