The Tokyo 1st (English-speaking) LDS Ward, our church congregation, has a number of senior couples who are here as volunteer missionaries, working at the Tokyo temple. Most of them are grandparents, far away from their grandchildren during this holiday season. On the other hand, the congregation also has young families, with children whose grandparents are far away in the States.
This being the situation, some of the grandparents decided to hold special Christmas party for the children. As long-distance grandparents ourselves, Cindy and I were happy to be invited to help out. We had a sit-down breakfast for all the families, then some Christmas carols, and finally, a visit from Santa. (By the way--it's a small world sometimes--Santa was Dr. Ames, a former business school professor of mine who is now here as a consultant).
Cindy and I really enjoyed ourselves, and C. J. avoided missing his annual conversation with Santa. The adopted grandchildren seemed to have fun, too, and had fun singing with them. But we do miss little Marigold.
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