Orphanage and Futsal

We went on a little excursion to Hiroshima last weekend with our church to hang out with the 4-10 year olds at an orphanage. The language barrier was difficult, but these kids were so sweet and really smart! We had a really good time and definitely plan on going back a lot while we're here.

Some folks from church put on a skit to tell the Christmas story. Thank goodness for translators!!

We sat down with a group of about 5 kids and helped them make Christmas angels out of paper plates.

New church friends.

We made a BIG mess. There was glitter glue everywhere!

The next day, I had a Futsal (indoor soccer) tournament with my team, Chaos. :) The picture quality is poor because Joel took them with his iPod and gyms don't photograph well as it is, LOL. There were a lot of differences in how the Japanese play their tournaments, but I really liked it. Everyone was super respectful and kind, even if they just took you out. There was a lot of bowing to one another too. It was great to be able to share a sport with another culture. As long as I remain uninjured, I intend to keep playing. :)

There were 2 American teams and 4 Japanese teams.

We were team Chaos and the other American team was called the Tasmanian Devils.

Chaos came in third and the T. Devils came in first. It was super fun but I was super sore the next day!!