Our Wednesday morning we started our Journey to Japan. Truth be told, we start the journey 1 year ago on Tauna's birthday when we applied to Global Missions. Wednesday morning we were very excited to get on the plane. We flew out of the Green Bay airport. Since it's a small airport, there was no line and everyone was extra friendly. They were very excited for us when we told them we were moving to Japan. We even saw Packer player Greg Jennings.
Beautiful Alaska
The trip was long. We followed the sun to Japan and flew over the beautiful state of Alaska. Our arrival went smoothly and everyone has been very kind and helpful. We were greeted by the staff from JELC & JELA. From the airport we took a bus, then a train and walked to our apartment.
More Pictures to Come!
Our apartment is
beautiful. Since we have gotten married we have lived in either Tauna's
apartment or with family. This is our first home together and it's just
stunning. We look forward to living here for a while.
Guide to Living in Shinjuku
We've been told that our first priority right now is to
"get used to Japan." Cindy, from the JELC office, has been our
hostess. She took us to the City Hall office to get registered.
Each foreigner must register in his/her ward. We got a
special card at the airport that we had to take to the city office. At
the city office we became official, we can now open up bank
accounts and get cell phones (iphone!). We even received special books in
English as a guide to living in Shinjuku. While we were walking down the street
we heard chimes on the hour play "Hey Jude." It was definitely different then the
church bells in Wisconsin.
Friday night we celebrated both our
birthdays. We got to sample many different Japanese foods; some very
tasty some a little scary. We had cake and the waiter even brought
us champagne "on the house." Japan has been very
welcoming. We are really enjoying the hospitality.
Blessings,
Tauna & Erik
PS. Tauna apologizes for the weird layout of this page. She messed with it for over an hour:( We are working on a picture page and have plans for a video. Update on Sunday's worship experience to come.
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| Beautiful Alaska |
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Our apartment is
beautiful. Since we have gotten married we have lived in either Tauna's
apartment or with family. This is our first home together and it's just
stunning. We look forward to living here for a while.
We've been told that our first priority right now is to "get used to Japan." Cindy, from the JELC office, has been our hostess. She took us to the City Hall office to get registered. Each foreigner must register in his/her ward. We got a special card at the airport that we had to take to the city office. At the city office we became official, we can now open up bank accounts and get cell phones (iphone!). We even received special books in English as a guide to living in Shinjuku. While we were walking down the street we heard chimes on the hour play "Hey Jude." It was definitely different then the church bells in Wisconsin.
Friday night we celebrated both our birthdays. We got to sample many different Japanese foods; some very tasty some a little scary. We had cake and the waiter even brought us champagne "on the house." Japan has been very welcoming. We are really enjoying the hospitality.
Blessings,
Tauna & Erik
PS. Tauna apologizes for the weird layout of this page. She messed with it for over an hour:( We are working on a picture page and have plans for a video. Update on Sunday's worship experience to come.
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| Guide to Living in Shinjuku |
We've been told that our first priority right now is to "get used to Japan." Cindy, from the JELC office, has been our hostess. She took us to the City Hall office to get registered. Each foreigner must register in his/her ward. We got a special card at the airport that we had to take to the city office. At the city office we became official, we can now open up bank accounts and get cell phones (iphone!). We even received special books in English as a guide to living in Shinjuku. While we were walking down the street we heard chimes on the hour play "Hey Jude." It was definitely different then the church bells in Wisconsin.
Friday night we celebrated both our birthdays. We got to sample many different Japanese foods; some very tasty some a little scary. We had cake and the waiter even brought us champagne "on the house." Japan has been very welcoming. We are really enjoying the hospitality.
Blessings,
Tauna & Erik
PS. Tauna apologizes for the weird layout of this page. She messed with it for over an hour:( We are working on a picture page and have plans for a video. Update on Sunday's worship experience to come.
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