Japan - Day Ten
Yesterday, Manami made a couple of phone calls and found out there'll be a ten o'clock mass at nearby Mikasa Catholic Church today.
At almost nine this morning we got up to get ready for church. Donna and I started walking at around 9:30 towards church. It's been a while so there were a couple of moments there where we were a bit disoriented but fortunately we found the church right on time.
In 2006 when friend Nasty took me to Baguio, I went to church where the mass was celebrated purely in Ilocano and when we were in Europe, the few times we went to church outside the base in Rota, it was said in Spanish. Although it's celebrated in different languages, the Catholic mass ritual is basically the same all over the world.
So today it was no different although it was in Japanese. A nice lady noticed our predicament and handed us a pamphlet of the Sunday Missal in Japanese (Kanji), Japanese in Roman letters, English and Latin. I was even able to follow some of the songs in Japanese. Here is the Profession of Faith (The Creed) in Japanese.
When we arrived home Manami informed us that the movers have delivered the packing boxes for their move to Sasebo so we started boxing up some of the stuff they have around the house.
Wedding Dinner - Part 2
A little bit after four, Manami's cousin Mio came and picked us up for dinner at their house. Mio's dad, Yoshitaka is Manami's uncle, her mom's brother. When we arrived, Manami's parents, brother and his family were already there. Reggie had to work really early this morning so he's able to take off early enough and he joined us for dinner a bit later.
Here's Mio at the back along with Hana and Manami while seated in front from left to right is Mio's mom Mieko, her dad Yoshitaka Takahashi and Reggie.
Mio's mom Mieko prepared so much food as well. It's as if they were expecting 50 guests!
I think Reggie's lucky with Manami's extended family who're all so good to him and love him so much and treat him as family.
Saying goodbye was kind of tough since this'll probably be the last time we'll see them since we're leaving Friday.
At almost nine this morning we got up to get ready for church. Donna and I started walking at around 9:30 towards church. It's been a while so there were a couple of moments there where we were a bit disoriented but fortunately we found the church right on time.
In 2006 when friend Nasty took me to Baguio, I went to church where the mass was celebrated purely in Ilocano and when we were in Europe, the few times we went to church outside the base in Rota, it was said in Spanish. Although it's celebrated in different languages, the Catholic mass ritual is basically the same all over the world.
So today it was no different although it was in Japanese. A nice lady noticed our predicament and handed us a pamphlet of the Sunday Missal in Japanese (Kanji), Japanese in Roman letters, English and Latin. I was even able to follow some of the songs in Japanese. Here is the Profession of Faith (The Creed) in Japanese.
When we arrived home Manami informed us that the movers have delivered the packing boxes for their move to Sasebo so we started boxing up some of the stuff they have around the house.
Wedding Dinner - Part 2
A little bit after four, Manami's cousin Mio came and picked us up for dinner at their house. Mio's dad, Yoshitaka is Manami's uncle, her mom's brother. When we arrived, Manami's parents, brother and his family were already there. Reggie had to work really early this morning so he's able to take off early enough and he joined us for dinner a bit later.
Here's Mio at the back along with Hana and Manami while seated in front from left to right is Mio's mom Mieko, her dad Yoshitaka Takahashi and Reggie.
Mio's mom Mieko prepared so much food as well. It's as if they were expecting 50 guests!
I think Reggie's lucky with Manami's extended family who're all so good to him and love him so much and treat him as family.
Saying goodbye was kind of tough since this'll probably be the last time we'll see them since we're leaving Friday.
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