Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Odaiba, Japan =)
So I got back Sunday, May 8th 2011, from an 11 day work trip to Odaiba Japan with the Promo team and it was a success!
Trying to summarize it, I felt like we changed lives through our fireside, our Maori Tribute to those who lost their lives in March's earthquake and tsunami, and just through our singing, dancing, smiling, and Aloha-ing (and of course our shakas). My favorite part were the 2 nonmembers at our fireside who committed to baptism after our musical fireside. From our shows it was cool to see/hear the Japanese telling us that they could feel some thing different about us and the way we present ourselves. One lady even mentioned that there was a power about us she couldn't explain. I know that was the Holy Ghost and we, dancers, were dying to want to explain the gospel in Japanese or tell them go to Mormon.org or something. LoL We were talking about how we wish we had pass-a-long cards about The Church-especially since they took out the missionaries from all of Tokyo.
It was nice to see the team (6 female/male dancers, 2 musicians, and 2 bosses) working hard and getting along. We had quite a few number of young people so there was the tendency for many irritating situations but I tried to remind myself what I was like when I was 18-20 yrs old(and not on a mission). There were a few bikes found/taken, very loud talking and obvious situations that we were Americans, but it was a learning experience for all. Pictionary was fun and all the other games we played during our breaks. LoL
The airports were empty upon arrival and exit, our venue for performing apparently had less people than previous years, and it seemed like you could see some of the effects still from the disaster that occurred.
Now??? I'm trying to adjust back to HI time and it's so hard! I just have to be patient though.
Also... I'm trying to look for a job other than dancing and it's pretty frustrating. eeeeeeh
Trying to summarize it, I felt like we changed lives through our fireside, our Maori Tribute to those who lost their lives in March's earthquake and tsunami, and just through our singing, dancing, smiling, and Aloha-ing (and of course our shakas). My favorite part were the 2 nonmembers at our fireside who committed to baptism after our musical fireside. From our shows it was cool to see/hear the Japanese telling us that they could feel some thing different about us and the way we present ourselves. One lady even mentioned that there was a power about us she couldn't explain. I know that was the Holy Ghost and we, dancers, were dying to want to explain the gospel in Japanese or tell them go to Mormon.org or something. LoL We were talking about how we wish we had pass-a-long cards about The Church-especially since they took out the missionaries from all of Tokyo.
It was nice to see the team (6 female/male dancers, 2 musicians, and 2 bosses) working hard and getting along. We had quite a few number of young people so there was the tendency for many irritating situations but I tried to remind myself what I was like when I was 18-20 yrs old(and not on a mission). There were a few bikes found/taken, very loud talking and obvious situations that we were Americans, but it was a learning experience for all. Pictionary was fun and all the other games we played during our breaks. LoL
The airports were empty upon arrival and exit, our venue for performing apparently had less people than previous years, and it seemed like you could see some of the effects still from the disaster that occurred.
Now??? I'm trying to adjust back to HI time and it's so hard! I just have to be patient though.
Also... I'm trying to look for a job other than dancing and it's pretty frustrating. eeeeeeh
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