Getting Settled in Kobe

Costco in Kobe!

Made a quick run to Costco to eat pizza!  While I was there I picked up frozen berries to make smoothies.  Best decision in this heat.  As I lugged my giant bag of strawberries (not a smoothie w.o. strawbs;) and mixed berries we talked about Costco’s bulk items.  We talked about portion sizes in America and one friend teased that the only thing America doesn’t dish out in large quantities is humility.  I’m still laughing at that comment.  It’s so entertaining to be in the company of foreigners and hear their perspective on America.   

Ice sculpture in the mall @Sannomia

Got an iPhone! 

We all arrived (14 of us) at Soft Bank to purchase our iPhones at 12:30.  Four hours later we left with our iPhones.  Most of us hadn’t eaten lunch so we were all eager to eat dinner.  A lot of us opted for the buffet knowing we’d get our money’s worth. 

YAKINIKU!!!

Grilling the veggies and meat

Church in Kobe

Woke up this fine Sunday morning and set out to find a church.  My friend Nikesha joined me in this adventure. Fortunately I signed up with JET Christian fellowship and they gave me a few ideas.  I had the deets and we left to arrive at the church at 9:30.  Upon arrival I learned that the other recommended church for Kobe JETs began at 9:30 and this one began at 10:30.  Oops! I treated Nikesha to coffee to burn an hour and we went back to learn the message was all in Japanese. Strike two!  A lady was kind enough to translate the entire message for us and did a phenomenal job. We sang worship half in English, half in Japanese (projected on a screen in Romaji).  It was beautiful hearing God worshiped in two languages and on the other side of the globe.  He’s at work all over the world!

Once I got home I went to work cleaning for a quick tour of my apartment...

I still need to add some decoration, but Pinterest is difficult to access from an iPhone.  I get quite a headache trying to operate that thing.