Tuesday, July 3, 2012

PICNIC IN THE LIVING ROOM

Sister Furukawa (cook) and Sister Yusa (housekeeper) have been lifesavers to me since coming to Japan.  Sister Yusa comes once a week and washes the sheets of any beds that have been slept in and cleans all the bathrooms (all 5 of them) plus vacuum and dusting.  Sister Furukawa is a big help a couple of times a month-especially at Zone Leader Council and Transfer Week.  She speaks fluent English so we have become great friends and I can ask her any question and get an answer that I can understand.  She is a faithful member of the church and works at the Temple every month in Tokyo.   We have been concerned for Sister Yusa who joined the church about 20 years ago but fell away quickly.    Sister Furukawa and I planned a picnic with the husbands for the 6 of us hoping that would be a way to meet Sister Yusa's husband (also a member) and build a relationship with him and her.  The day of the picnic, it rained and the two husband could not come at the last minute.  So we decided to have an indoor picnic on the living room floor.

Sis. Furukawa

Sister Yusa

The food was yummy.  Sandwiches, slaw salad, fruit, melon drink, and cheesecake.
Gary felt like he had his harem being the only man with three women.  He was a good sport.



Cheesecake

We learned that Sis Yusa has been baptized into the Catholic church and a protestant church since she joined our church, tho she is not active in any church.  She has worked at the Mission Home for 10 years and all the Mission President's wives have tried to reactivate her in many ways but she isn't interested~tho polite.  I'll bet non of them had a picnic on the livingroom floor!!    

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