We compared experiences in teaching, Bible work and life in general. I learned that I am very blessed to live in the same building as the school. Many SMs teach until very late and then have a 30 to 40 minute train ride back to their apartments. Also many SMs were in awe of the mountain beauty of Hakone. We are so blessed in Tokuyama to live so near the mountains.
Japan is especially beautiful now in the fall season with all the fall colors of the trees.
Thanksgiving dinner was lovingly prepared by the house hosts. It is nothing compared to Mom s cooking, but pretty good anyway. Fresh fruits and veggies were abundant. As it happened that night was the one night a year that the temple god is open to viewing by the pubic. There were lines and lines of hundreds of people waiting to go inside the temple to get a glimpse of the temple god.