Actually today is Tuesday, November 15th, at 3:10 p.m. When I wrote the above, nothing had happened since the last entry.
But, lots has sine then. Friday night I taught my Megumi class. It wasn't a real thrill, but it was okay.
Saturday I got up, cleaned, got cash and then taught an English lesson to Meg. Manna didn't come, so I had a long Japanese lesson. It was a really good one. After my lesson I watched a couple of videos, and went to bed early.
Sunday I got up and left at 8:50 for Rokko. The sermon was on "Rocks in the Bible". It told of rocks as food, drink, shelter, safety, etc. It was good. I sat by Dave. What a Mr. GQ! He's great.
After church Kimberly, Paula, Nora, Barry, Kenji and I went to Central Station at the New Oriental for steak...yum! They have a real salad bar! We met Isaku there, so we crowded 8 people into a 4 person booth (Jim B. came too).
Kenji came to church for the 1st time & we talked him into doing stuff with us all day. He spent 12 hours speaking English with gaijin & said he felt like his head had been put through a pencil sharpener!
After shopping we went to bible study, church, and singles fellowship. Bible study was about the power of prayer and existence of miracles today. It was very interesting. I left early to help Paula with the song she is singing next Sunday.
I sang at church. I sang "Friends". People cried. Afterwards, Charles said "Boy, if I could sing like that with a cold, I'd pray to always be sick". (I told them, beforehand to bear with me because I had a cold).
Singles was about Ruth, being a foreigner in Israel. Relevant! We had homemade ice cream and took pictures afterwards.
I called Nobu before singles & told him that I was staying with Kim. He told me no, and to get my ass over there, so as not to make Kim's landlord angry (as Kim lives in an all women's apartment building...no men are allowed overnight...how stupid!).
Anyway, I stayed with I's. Carol was supposed to go with Kim & I on Monday to the embassy to get our re-entry permits, but Becky got sick again & Kim & I were sent off to do it solo (or duet in this case).
We caught a taxi at Sannomiya Station and I said "Kansai denryoku" (consulate or embassy), but he thought we said Kansai denki (Kansai electric). So, we ended up in the wrong building, and had to be led to the right one. Luckily a nice lady escorted us there & it was nearby.
We filled out our forms, bought our 3,000 yen stamp, and got it taken care of. We went to the old Oriental Hotel for coffee and croissants. Kim then left for the christian women's luncheon and I went to Maruzen to browse. I bought a wonderful calendar of restored carousel animals.
I took the shinkaisoku back to Himeji, then went to the post office to pay my phone bill, mail Melissa's wedding present, and buy stamps for my Christmas postcards. My total was about 12,000 yen. Ack!
There have been ropes strung up around my neighborhood with paper streamer things hanging from them from Saturday to now. I guess they were there for 3-5-7 day, which was Sunday. 3-5-7 day is where girls age 3 & 7, and boys age 5 celebrate being that age. They wear their cute little kimonos around all day. Because of this, and the nice weather on Sunday I was squished into a corner, standing, on the train, incidentally.
I had my lesson with Kayo. She has a cold, too. She asked me what I had for dinner (planned). I said I didn't know, but would find something. As I thought, she came about 2 hours later with some Japanese dish that she had made for me. She's such a doll! I'm so glad I decided to teach her for the price she could afford (which was less than half my asking price). I would have missed out on so much culture & kindness had I not!
I put stamps on postcards, wrote an encouragement letter to Robin, watched more of Shogun, & went to bed.
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