... but confident of our love
He's still rather skittish with strangers but in the privacy of his new home he's always trying to be top cat - I think I know some people like this - which can be a little wearing... But he's SO CUTE!
Television was once viewed as a welcome guest in the home. Programmers were to behave as any guest, not soiling the carpet or breaking furniture, controlling their children and demonstrating sensibilities that would not offend their hosts. No more. Today's television programs behave like uninvited guests who stay too long, eat all the food, drink too much and throw up on the new rug.
Most people could live without TV if they tried. The Writers Guild strike gives them that chance. Take a walk with your daughter. Have a conversation with your wife, your husband. Eat dinner together as a family without the distraction of the television set. Read a book and immerse yourself in fictional characters or real history. Instead of being spoon-fed irrelevancies and meaningless chatter, exercise your mind. You will quickly form new, more pleasant habits that will leave you with better feelings than does TV's corrupt fare from which more of us should flee.
Mary with her very obliging cat!
She replied that her daughter "made the remark once that, as far as she was concerned, it was the 'cat's job to comfort anyone who was sick or sad.' And amazingly, they seem to understand that. It's pretty comforting to have kitty cuddle up with that worried look when you're in tears, and you try to explain to her what's wrong. She just listens-- makes no suggestions and places no blame."
Heading down to Takayama - with 4 cats!
Korean Friend, Naemi, Karl, G, Renee, Japanese Friend
But those old Old World Carols are good, too.Christ, by highest Heav’n adored;
Christ the everlasting Lord;
Late in time, behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail th’incarnate Deity,
Pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus our Emmanuel.
Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris’n with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Once He Came In Blessing
Fling Wide the Door
Come, All You Shepherds
Angels at Christmas Tide (I couldn't find this one - I think its Danish.)
Mary as a lovely lady
Mary won the top
She's probably the person most likely to enjoy it!
We're quite an international group. Besides English teachers, there are a lot of international students. Hirosaki Fukuin Church （寒沢町19-2), where we meet, is situated just below Hirosaki University - go over the tracks and down the hill.
The sad part for me is that just when I'm getting really attached to people they move on! But that means there are people I love all over the world - I'll always have a place to stay anywhere I go!
My husband introducing our speaker.
Afterwards I heard one of the English teachers exclaiming about how clearly he spoke - "I actually understood almost everything he said - he was so straightforward."
The fellowship was fun
(Hirosaki English Fellowship Members mixed withAji Chapel Members)
Church members mixed with long absent friends
Foreign students mixed with English teachers
Luke brought his family down from the Shimokita
Daughter Yuko with two of my student friends
I don't know what I would have done without Yuko's help! She's a treasure. So is Andrea. (Center)
