It was December 23rd, the day after mission officially ended. Dave and I said all our farewells to the team and left for Kyoto for the day.

After seeing some an amazing temple/ gardens, we got home pretty late and were planning to get to bed early because Dave had a 6:00 bus trip to catch to get to Osaka airport, and we had stayed up till 2 or 3 the last two nights playing carpet ball…

Dave wanted to go to a Japanese hotspring (Onsen) – but there weren’t and close by. There was a public bath house across the road from where we were staying so we went there.

The concept seems pretty strange from an Australian perspective, but is normal/ popular/ famous in Japan.
It is really relaxing being in the hot water, its somewhat like a sauna.

Dave and I were in making-friends mode from the mission, so we talked to another guy that was there and got along really well. His name is Tomoyuki Nishi.

We ended up going to karaoke for about 4 or 5 hours and then got dinner at a 24/7 restaurant ~
We talked about various things, about our plans for the future and about the mission we finished.

I heard once that short mission trips are just training for when you come home ~ so pray that we’ll all use what we learned and keep the momentum going in the mission fields back home ~~



Kinkakuji in Kyoto – 金閣寺



Me and Dave in tshirts outside in the freezing cold feeling fine~~