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Picture Postcards from Japan |
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This is Seto Ichibaku Church. The worship sanctuary is located on the 1st floor. The Itos live on the 2nd floor. The English classes are taught on the 3rd floor. The missionary's room is also on the 3rd floor. In this picture, Adam Pivec (the missionary from 1995-1997) is waving from his room. |
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These are the church members after the Christmas lunch last year. Can you find me? |
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This is a picture of our classroom in Seto. It a comfortable room. However, for the tall teachers, the room can be a head hazard! |
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During one of my "crazy" moments, I decide to preach. However, it's not so effective because: 1)I'm wearing purple slippers, and 2)The chairs don't remember a thing. |
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A Moment in time. New and old JECM teachers together. From left to right: Allen Deacon, Rob Hanson, Jon Kohl, Scott Schendel, Mandy Edwards, Joanne Deacon, and the Undercover Gaijin. |
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Only in Japan. This fashion statement is worn by a majority of high school girls. It's called "Loose Socks." Almost every where you go, you'll see these girls in their loose socks. This picture is a rather conservative pair of socks. |
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Kitty Overload! Can you believe this? I couldn't at first, but there it was. Kitty-everything! This was only a small part of the whole exhibit! |
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How far can this go? Even a "Kitty-Kar!" Little pictures of Kitty-chan all over the car, even the steering wheel. The real scary thing is I saw one of these cars on the streets of downtown Nagoya! There are even motorscooters! The streets aren't safe anymore! |
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These little pictures are actually stickers. You can pose in front of these machines and it prints it out for you right there, thus the name "print club." It's a very popular thing among the young people, and sometimes even the older ones, too. People collect these stickers and the machines are found all over the place. This to me shows how most of the Japanese people want to live in a "moment" instead of eternity with God. |
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There's a better way to evangelize, Jon! On a hot day in Nagoya, our brave and sometimes crazy, cohort decides to give a show for the people at the fountain! |
