Well, we made it to Japan. Our flights went well, with no delays and easy transfers. All the boys did great on the flights. Even Xavier did quite well. All together it was 24 hours of travel door to door. We are starting to get settled into our new apartment. Our big adventure today was a walk to the local department/grocery store to buy groceries and some other things we need. We were pleasantly surprised to find there were very few things we needed to get because the the people of Nishi Kunitachi Church of God had come to clean, set up and move things into our apartment the day before we came. They even stocked our fridge with a few items we would need. There were a few interesting things that happened on the trip. As we reached cruising altitude on our first flight, Tai looked out of the plane window and said "Hey, this is better than Google Earth." Also, while we were on approach to Narita airport, Xavier took a look out the window and noticed we were coming lower to the water and started to get somewhat upset. He calmed down after we closed the window, however. All the boys loved going through Tokyo on the bus in the evening, seeing all the neon lights, Tokyo Disney Resort, and the Tokyo tower. Even Xavier took lots of pictures of the tower with his toy camera.
Tomorrow we look forward to worshipping at Nishi Kunitachi Church of God and seeing the rest of the congregation. Another pastor will preach, so we don't have any responsibilities right away.
One last thing. Contact with us will be a little difficult at first as we don't have a phone or internet connection yet. That should be hooked up sometime next week, so forgive us if we take a little long replying to emails.
