Kakegawa, Japan
June 14th-17th:
We arrived in Kakegawa on Thursday (14th). We went to eat with the Bostrom family and a Japanese all you can eat buffet place. One of the only places that has enough food for the 13 kids and two adult Bostrom family, their Uncle Shaun and Grandma Carolyn staying with them, 7 Kawases, and me. That’s a lot of food!!!!
The train station in Kakegawa Eating with the Bostroms
The tiny local train in Kakegawa Cute little kid in the restaurant
Friday (15th) we were able to go with Mrs. Ohta to her family’s Soba noodle factory
and pottery barn. Dr. & Mrs. Kawase were staying with the Ohta family. The Bostrom kids were in school and we needed to be out of
the house for the morning and early afternoon. It was really neat to be able to
make our own noodles and then get to eat them. Later that evening we played and
visited with the Bostrom kids(right) and planned for our workshop with them on
Saturday. We were also able to do some laundry! =) That is always a good thing!
It was really good to get to see Dacia (the oldest born Bostrom, 20yr---there are 2
adopted sisters older and one adopted sister who is 14yrs). Dacia is living
during the school semesters with the Kawase family for school and dance (she
dances at the dance school the Kawases and I go to). It was really fun to get
to see her in her element helping all of her younger siblings and being, well,
Dacia. =) I also enjoyed hanging out with Carissa (18yr), Joel (16yr), Michaela (14yr), and many more!
At the soba noodle facotry At the train station in Kakegawa
Glass dragon in a shop in Kakegawa Tea pots in potter barn
On Saturday (16th) we had the privilege of hosting a day dance camp for 3 to about19 year olds. There were some moms who joined in and danced with the older group! Way to go moms! We had three groups: 3-7 yrs, 8-13yrs, and 14yrs+. In each class room we taught them a dance for their performance that evening for their parents and also taught them a finale piece with all the groups. It was fun playing around with the little ones, laughing and having a good time with the older ones, watching them worship dance, smiling and loving on each of them. We arrived in the auditorium that evening, first performing with the students and their pieces, and then doing a full performance of our own. (our first performance!) It was a powerful time for many! After the performance a lady asked us to pray for her to be healed as she had cancer in her body. She could tell that there was a spirit of unity among us and knew that we worshiped God. It was pretty powerful to hear that!
The lady we prayed for
Sunday (17th) was not only my sister's 17th birthday, but also Father's day. Dr. Kawase was able to preach at the Bostrom's church and we were also able to do some worship dancing during the worship. That afternoon we left on a train for Tohoku in Sendai.
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