Luna Town formerly Circus Land New Construction

New construction began  Sept. 2016, about 5 minutes from us. It used to be called Circus Land, but now Luna (meaning moon) Kobe in Fujiwaradai.  New two-story houses with nearly no space between them.  There are to be 200 homes completed in the next three years.  Prospects for church. (!) There are two or three blocks of completed houses, but no residents yet.   

This is taken from apartments across the street.  

I like that red house, sorta stands out from the regular terra cotta color. 

These houses are on the edge of the lot with very steep backyards.  I would not want one of these.  To build a wall level to the house, then fill it in with dirt would probably cost as much as the house itself.  Then again, these may be the cheaper ones. 

Church happenings

In September Messrs. Lalman, on the left, and White visited on a Thursday night.   There were several visitors from a sister Baptist Church also.  

Komi-san turned 22.  Such a young'n and tall.  Works as a car mechanic/painter

The Kato family visited in September.  He were transferred to the Tokyo area.  They will be missed. 

The Shibata's visited in September and I have her one of my quilts. 

Most of our church people 

We have a monthly kids' Enjoy English time.  September the Yamaguchi boys and Kato girls came with their parents and they had a blast.  

Mrs. Kato getting her girls strapped on

Hina-chan, about 2, listened intently to the Bible story 

She really enjoyed hitting the balloon with the paper fan.  It was fun just watching her having a good time.  

Everyone lined up for the start of the game.  No rules, just hit the balloon up and down the room.  We had pizza for a snack and everyone made their own.  

Typhoon 21, Sept. 4, 2018

We were directly hit by Typhoon or Jebi today.  About 10:30 am the rain started slowly and picked up as time passed.  In our area the creeks were nearly overflowing.  Rice fields did overflow into the lower levels.  Everything was very soggy when the rain finally stopped about 5:00 pm.  Other areas in Kansai were hit hard.  There were videos of tile blowing off roofs and heading into apartments; trucks and cars were toppled over, one on a bridge.  A large tanker ship collided with the over-water bridge that connects the mainland with Kansai International Airport. There were reports of 3,000 people stranded there and seven people lost their lives.  It was the worst storm since 1993 they said.  These are photos from our immediate area:

The creek below us flooded into the veggie field

Water pours from the Tsujigami rice field into their veggie patch

The creek across the street nearly overflowed

Grandbaby Update

The twins and a bird friend

Arianna waving for her 7-month photo

Twins playing with new toys

Arianna asleep on Daddy's lap on the bus Sunday 

 

 Jewel said Arianna fell face first into a pile of dirt and laughed about it.  Hopefully it won't become a habit. :-) 

Practicing eating Dad's toes

Discovering fish at the store

Uncle Matthew went to the WVA fair with his nieces and family

Encountering a horse for the first time

Arianna and her beautiful Mom Jewel

Painted Cars, trucks and buses

 These are some of the many painted vehicles around our area.  I really like Thomas the Tank--it's a bus for a nursery school......

This van is for a take-out sushi restaurant  yummy

Painted like a turtle or a bug

This 7-11 delivery vehicle has a zipper for a door

Birthday Twins

Clarity and Alora turned one on the 3rd! 

Alora

Alora maybe not so happy 

Twin cakes 

Clarity likes her hat--love that t-shirt! 

Dining area set for a party 

Notice she has no shirt--and is really enjoying her cake. I think this is Alora  

Clarity was a little more genteel in her cake eating 

We talked with Joe and Christin and they said both are starting to take some steps and have more hair than before.  They all are doing well.  God bless them.