April 2025

TROPICAL DREAM CENTER

ASUMI SPIRITUAL HIKES

CAPE HEDO

7 FALLS OF KIJOKA

AIRBNB

TODOROKI WATERFALL PARK

 CAPE MANZAMO (Elephant Rock)

 GENERAL CONFERENCE

The girls did one of their first 1000 piece puzzles during General Conference

CO-OP

Dyeing Eggs at Co-op

Pinata I made when we learned about Mexico

MELODY BEACH

ARAHA BEACH

GLASS BLOWING

VEGEFUL CAFE

PEACE MEMORIAL PARK

JAPANESE NAVY UNDERGROUND HEADQUARTERS

HACKSAW RIDGE

APOGAMA BEACH

FAR EAST

Nathan auditioned and was chosen to participate in the Far East Choir

BEAUTIFUL TREE

EASTER FUN

MY BIRTHDAY

I celebrated by visiting the Fukushima Chinese Garden and the Shikina-en Royal Gardens with Jared. Both of the gardens were beautiful and very relaxing to walk through. Jared also made me an apple pie—my favorite!

MADDY'S PROM

LILY FESTIVAL ON IE ISLAND

Adventure Wednesday: Last week we explored Ie island which is just a 30 min ferry ride from the main island of Okinawa. We saw the Lily festival, and then visited the hibiscus gardens and greenhouses. We fell in love with the many beautiful varieties of hibiscus (they cultivate about 1000 different types here). Afterwards we hiked to the top of Mt Gusuku where we got a beautiful panoramic view of the island. We then explored Nya-tiya cave, also called the cave of 1000 people since over 1000 people used it as an air raid shelter during WW2. From the cave we took a nice walk back along the beach to the port.  We saw fish, shells, crabs, and a sea star as we walked back on squishy, mossy seaweed.