FERRY TRIP TO SADO ISLAND

We try to go to a different Branch of the Church each Sunday that we can. We decided to go visit the Branch on Sado Island which is a 2 hour ferry ride on the Sea of Japan from Niigata. Sisters Yoshizawa and Yoshida go to the Branch once a month to support and teach lessons to anyone the 7 members prepare for them to teach. Bless their hearts. They get up at 4 AM and ride their bike 45 minutes to the port in the dark to catch the ferry. Once they arrive on the island, they take a bus to the church which is 30 minutes away. It makes for a very long and tiring day for them.

On the ferry, everyone takes off their shoes and sits on the carpeted floor and talks or sleeps. We brought a breakfast for the 4 of us to eat from our hotel. We enjoyed traveling with these two sweet sisters.


To take up time on the boat, we found this photo opportunity and took advantage. Silly, I know!



This is the total active branch-except the Branch President wasn't at church this week because he had some training obligations at his work. The wife of BP is on the back row in green. She is such a nice person and spent time with us driving to and from the port. She also spoke in Sacrament Meeting and taught the Sunday School lesson that Sunday.
After the two hour block of meetings, this lovely pot luck lunch appeared. The table was set up in the little one room chapel and we ate a delicious meal together.
It was fun to do the dishes with the sisters in the Branch.
These two men (plus the Branch President) are the only Priesthood holders. One is a counselor to the BP and conducted Sacrament Meeting and the other blessed the sacrament.
Two of the ladies in the branch with Sis Yoshizawa. Both have physical handicaps but are so friendly and happy.
This is the little chapel. It is very tiny but the spirit was still felt in the meetings.