Memorial Day Weekend - Bonfire, Tateyama-Kurobe Route, Chichibu
We started the summer off in a big way this Memorial Day weekend. Friday night our Branch held a bonfire/hot dog roast near the Sagami river. It's only about a 5 min drive from Camp Zama. We had a great time, although many people commented on how strange it felt to be doing a campfire with cars and trucks zooming along major roadways right above us. We have a new member in the Branch who is from Hawaii. He told us he hasn't come to church for 20 years, but he wants to start coming again! It's been great to have him in our Branch, and lucky for us his sister and niece were in town visiting this weekend. They showed up with an ukulele and pan of spam musubi and were the life of the party! One of the sister missionaries who is serving in our Branch is from New Zealand, although she is Samoan. Between her and the Hawaiians we had quite the Island Vibe going on! Saturday morning we went on a tour with MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) to see the Snow Corridor on Mt Tateya...