by Jen Costanzo | Jun 14, 2008 | Extended Family, Friends, Travel
We arrived back in America on April 1st. The month was full of lots of really good reunions! Family & friends welcomed us back with… … flowers & balloons …cake …and with their charming company! Some special highlights were Jen getting...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 12, 2008 | Friends, Missions, Travel
The day after we got back from Kyoto, we embarked on the second stage of our winter adventures. This time, we went to Sendai to stay with an OPC missionary family, Murray and Tsuruko Uomoto. We had met them briefly in May when we visited the Cummings, but we wanted to...
by Jen Costanzo | Jan 5, 2008 | Faith, Holidays/Special Events, Reflections, Travel
Over the course of our visits to the different temples in Kyoto, we had the opportunity to see a lot of people both worshiping at the temples as well as monks and nuns who work full-time at these sites. I kept thinking, “I’m so sorry for you!”...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 4, 2008 | Culture, Missions, Prayer, Travel
For months now, Pastor Tajima (our pastor from Koriyama Baptist Church) has been encouraging us to visit his sister, who lives in the historic city of Kyoto . Apparently, she loves to host folks from out of town, especially if they have never seen the city and its...
by Jen Costanzo | Aug 14, 2007 | Friends, Missions, Travel
We’re back from our whirlwind trip to Tokyo! It was a very full trip, and a lot of fun! We tried something new this time around and bought a special seasonal train pass called the “Seishun Jyuhachi Kippu.” It gave us 5 full-day passes to travel...
by Jen Costanzo | Aug 10, 2007 | Friends, Travel, Vacation
So just how have we been spending our summer vacation? Allow us to take you on a little tour of our summer break! Umi no hi (Marine Day) On Umi no hi (a National holiday in mid-July), we took off on a day-trip with the principal of one of the local elementary...
