Our family adventure-organic farming in Japan

Saturday, September 17, 2005

A little tour of Menno Village or a morning walk

Sage on the way to the schoolbus stop..a really nice morning walk. His Jiji(grandpa here) usually goes with him when he is here, but when he is not, Kenji and I take turns, it's a nice time to talk and look at nature.

The sign at the entrance to our driveway, new this year, nice huh! Akiko's dad made it.

walking back home after the bus came

stopping to look in the nice little brook

I love these little tree frogs, they are everywhere!

chestnut

tonbo, dragonfly in English, there are many many in the summer/fall. The best are the bright blue or red ones, but they are rarer than the brown ones, they will often land on your hat or arm or wherever. The kids like to catch them



the edge of Menno Village' land

turning the curve to head in to the village

the straight shot home, soybeans on the left

Chinese cabbage coming up on the right side of the road

Almost there!

the chozoko, root cellar that snow is shoveled into in the winter to keep the root veggies for longer

Our house, with packing room/walk in refrigerator attached

The main house where we eat together and Toshi lives, the office is, the part timers live, etc!

Ray and Akiko's families' house

The chicken house.

There is more, but that's all for now!

2 Comments:

  • i really like t he close up of the frog & the dragonflies! Sage a big boy now -our boys grow up too fast huh!

    By Blogger michelle, at 11:24 PM  

  • Since this is your blog I will say greetings to you heather also greetings to everyone else. tonight I participated in an evening prayer service. the passage I read was from 2 Cor 15-21. It is one of my favorites. In the New English Version of the Bible verse 17 reads "if anyone is in Christ they enter into a whole new world the old world is done away with." This translation is different than most English translations and John Howard Yoder believes that this translation of this verse is the most accurate. Rather than focussing on only the individual being made new the focus is on the reign of God. Individuals enter into this new reality through the waters of baptism. Our work, our vocation is to believe this world into being by living this reality in community and inviting others to be reconciled to God. Together we prayed for Menno Village. Aki and I are grateful for the work that you are doing. I have learned a tremendous amount already and have also had many talks with people. It truly is a gift. Thanks for this opportunity. Peace be with you all,

    Ray for Aki and the boys.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:53 PM  

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