This monk was chanting and waving something around. Of course, he had a bowl for offerings in his other hand. I think he was there for the tourists. 
We gave him some coins and he waved the wand all over parts of our body. We hope he was blessing us and not cursing us!
Here is the oldest wooden structure in the world. We had to take a bus ride way out in the country to see it. Not as impressive as the temple we had seen earlier in the day, but still amazing.
Another pagoda
Ancient tree - not so ancient couple!
Having trouble with getting our ticket into the slot - out of a box in the wall popped some help! He was just like a jack in the box!
Elder Doyle Brown (Area Medical Advisor), Jeanne Brown, Rica McIntyre, President William McIntyre, Elder Rulon Gibson (Area Mental Health Advisor), Barbara Gibson in front of the mission home in Kobe, Japan.
With the Kobe sisters at zone conference May, 26, 2010.
Zone Conference - Kobe, Japan May 26, 2010
Me in front of the church in Kobe.
This is a sign in the neighborhood of the church, mission home, and mission office. It says something like "Let's get the mafia out of our neighborhood". And they don't mean the Mormons. There is a huge mafia compound just down the street. There are huge rock walls, security cameras, guards, etc. Apparently when the earthquake hit in 1995, the Mormons and the Mafia worked together to help those who had lost homes and lives. Their properties were still intact! Everything has been built up now and it looks like nothing had ever happened.
We went down to the Kobe harbor for dinner - it is right on the Pacific Ocean and is so beautiful!
We ate at a Brazilian restaurant where they cut the meat off these huge skewers as many times as you would like. Most of it was too rare for me but the chicken was delicious. There was a huge buffet table also and we really had a good meal.
The harbor at night - all lit up!
I couldn't resist taking these next two pictures. This is one of the wonderful Japanese toilets that has a warmed seat and will wash you after you do your business! I want one! This one was in the mission home where we stayed. We don't have one in our apartment. At least ours isn't a squatty potty!
These are the buttons you push to direct the water to the area you want washed!
And this is the picture of the 2nd zone conference on May 27, 2010. The mission is combining with the Hiroshima Mission in July and so will be much larger and it will be a huge area. There will be a lot more travel for President McIntyre when he does interviews.
All in all, a wonderful experience for our first zone conferences. The McIntyres were so wonderful and we know that the missionaries just love them. Dad gave his power point presentation on "Coping with Discouragement" and did an excellent job. I just introduced us and gave my testimony. Dad was able to meet with a few of the missionaries during the afternoons when they were practicing their approaches. Sister Brown and I took walks around the neighboods when our husbands were busy. It was a very uplifting couple of days. We look forward to four conferences in Korea next week!
We gave him some coins and he waved the wand all over parts of our body. We hope he was blessing us and not cursing us!
Here is the oldest wooden structure in the world. We had to take a bus ride way out in the country to see it. Not as impressive as the temple we had seen earlier in the day, but still amazing.
Another pagoda
Ancient tree - not so ancient couple!
Having trouble with getting our ticket into the slot - out of a box in the wall popped some help! He was just like a jack in the box!
Elder Doyle Brown (Area Medical Advisor), Jeanne Brown, Rica McIntyre, President William McIntyre, Elder Rulon Gibson (Area Mental Health Advisor), Barbara Gibson in front of the mission home in Kobe, Japan.
With the Kobe sisters at zone conference May, 26, 2010.
Zone Conference - Kobe, Japan May 26, 2010
Me in front of the church in Kobe.
This is a sign in the neighborhood of the church, mission home, and mission office. It says something like "Let's get the mafia out of our neighborhood". And they don't mean the Mormons. There is a huge mafia compound just down the street. There are huge rock walls, security cameras, guards, etc. Apparently when the earthquake hit in 1995, the Mormons and the Mafia worked together to help those who had lost homes and lives. Their properties were still intact! Everything has been built up now and it looks like nothing had ever happened.
We went down to the Kobe harbor for dinner - it is right on the Pacific Ocean and is so beautiful!
We ate at a Brazilian restaurant where they cut the meat off these huge skewers as many times as you would like. Most of it was too rare for me but the chicken was delicious. There was a huge buffet table also and we really had a good meal.
The harbor at night - all lit up!
I couldn't resist taking these next two pictures. This is one of the wonderful Japanese toilets that has a warmed seat and will wash you after you do your business! I want one! This one was in the mission home where we stayed. We don't have one in our apartment. At least ours isn't a squatty potty!
These are the buttons you push to direct the water to the area you want washed!
And this is the picture of the 2nd zone conference on May 27, 2010. The mission is combining with the Hiroshima Mission in July and so will be much larger and it will be a huge area. There will be a lot more travel for President McIntyre when he does interviews.
All in all, a wonderful experience for our first zone conferences. The McIntyres were so wonderful and we know that the missionaries just love them. Dad gave his power point presentation on "Coping with Discouragement" and did an excellent job. I just introduced us and gave my testimony. Dad was able to meet with a few of the missionaries during the afternoons when they were practicing their approaches. Sister Brown and I took walks around the neighboods when our husbands were busy. It was a very uplifting couple of days. We look forward to four conferences in Korea next week! 
3 comments:
That toilet is pretty amazing. Does it come with Solitaire or Tetris built in too? If so, I want one.
Oh, I remember the bullet trains in Germany. I only got to ride it a couple of times though - it reminded me of an airplane. Love all the buildings and statues. Oh - and the toilet is pretty cool too. As long as they flush, anything is fine with me!
Speaking of Japanese toilets, I remember my first and only experience with one of those at Google headquarters. Who would have thought that something like that would be so amazing!!!
Love your posts. I share them with Gary every week.
Love, Cynthia
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