BBQ with Nobu's School
3 November 2004

It was election day 2004 in the USA when I joined the Garcia family for a picnic/BBQ outside of town.

Orlando Garcia is the pastor of our "International Fellowship" we have every Sunday at Sagamino Church. His wife is Michiko, and their son is Nobumichi (but we always call him Nobu). 

Nobu goes to an international school over in Machida, and on this day (a national holiday in Japan), the whole school had a big picnic and BBQ. Lucky for me, they asked me and Manuel (also from the Fellowship) to join them!

This is my favorite photo of these guys so far -- it's Manuel on the LEFT, then Michiko and Orlando. 

We had some great food, and the weather was PERFECT. Other than that, there's not too much to report.

Oh, there was another group of older Japanese folks having an outing next to us. Nothing special, except they were SQUARE-DANCING. I hope you can see the video -- I really LOVE that the one lady (in a red visor) salutes after every move!

You have to see it to appreciate it...