Osaka

Food vendors outside the palace

The palace outside our hotel window

Temple

Back the Jennings from Pusan and us

Front Elder and Sister Choi & Pres. & Sister Lee from Seoul

This monk was just finishing reading his prayers

Shinto Temple at Nara

Members of the Area Presidency and staff from Tokyo I am standing next to Elder Stephenson, the Area President

part of the thousands of lanterns

Sister Jennings from Pusan. They will finish in July. She was realy fun to be with, and we plan on spending a day shopping in Seoul. Her son was the big Jeoperdy winner a few years ago.

Buddhist Temple

This covers a large wooden Buddha Most of these people are mission presidents, wives, and area presidency

Guards of the Buddha

Buddhist Temple Deer

The legend is that the emperor came riding into this area on a deer. They now keep herds of deer on the grounds. Elder Choi

They seel little waffers to feed the deer

Osaka, Japan

The palace by our hotel

This moat was to protect the palace. It is feed by four other rivers that flow in. We did a small river curise around this area Typical....Mom dressed as if it were mid winter.

MISSION TOUR

I love this picture of Elder Bischoff bowing. Koreans still do this to show respect. Dinner at the mission home with the leadership from our stakes Elder Choi spent the evening instructing them. Our senior office missionaries came to the dinner. I asked him how he did since the entire evening was in Korean. He laughed and let me in on his secret. When meetings are in Korean, he chooses a topic and composes and sermon in his head. He said he did a very good job that night. This is the Elder that shared the story about his interview with Elder Choi He had asked what was hard about his calling as a general authority.

Wonderful experience for our mission

Fish Market

Dad and I went exploring to the local fish and produce market

You choose the one you want

while it swims in the case This looks tasty Or these for dinner

We went home empty handed and ate salmon from Costco The sweet lady in the background gave Dad hot red peepper spice, but she didn't want her picture taken My Korean cooking class uses red pepper all the time. I use 1/4 of what everyone else uses I still do not like the spicy foods here in Korea