Apr 1 - Apr 7

Wayne did go to Tokyo.  He left Monday afternoon.  Here he is at the Office Building/Tokyo Temple site.  The temple is under reconstruction, so he couldn't go to a session.  But he said it was beautiful.

He returned on Thursday with a new Visa in hand.

Looking out over Tokyo from his hotel room.

Looking down from his room over the garden area.

Train station.  It goes on forever.

Zone conferences started this week.  Tuesday - Busan; Wednesday - Ulsan; Thursday - Daegu and Friday - Changwon

They took everyone on a little hike up to the top of the mountain in Geumgang Park, the park that Wayne and I went to earlier.  The President supplied lunch for them and this is what they got.  

Seaweed stuffed with things.  I tried to eat it.

Anyway they all had fun and along the way they stopped and had discussions about missionary work and how they can improve and become more Christ-like.  Wayne and I went with them on Friday.  And decided to hike up instead of taking the tram.  WOW!!!, what an adventure.  We have a pedometer on our phone and this is what it said at the end of the day. -  18,743 steps, 113 flights of stairs and 7.2 miles.  Needless to say, we were the ones that brought up the rear and I know the President was quite concerned.  But we made it to the top and this is what we saw.

Getting ready to go.

Starting the trek.

1st stop along the way.

2nd stop.  We got to eat a little.

Half way up.

Not only was it steep, but the steps were at least 2 ft. tall.

Here we all are at the top.  It was beautiful!

Thank goodness, we got to take the tram down!

Saturday, we just kind of died, but did go walking for a little ways.  Because they don't get conference on the same days that it occurs in SLC, we had Fast and Testimony meeting.  

Also, I have to tell you about the garbage system here. Talk about recycling!  We have 7 cans in our storage room.  This is how we have to divide our garbage up:

1. Soft plastic

2.  Paper goods

3. Cardboard - milk cartons, etc

4.  Hard Plastic - water bottles, etc

5.  Glass

6.  Cans

7. Wet garbage - no garbage disposals here

Then when our containers are full, we have to take them downstairs and put in the containers the apartment complex has for each of the items.  The wet garbage goes into a closed bin that you have to open with a electronic card.

It certainly is fun!

We love you and miss you all.