Remembering Uncle Takashi

Last week, Sept. 10, Naho's relatives had a memorial service for Uncle Takashi.

First, his bones were place in the church grave. All members of the church place their bones together in this small mausoleum. Many elderly people here in Japan are quite concerned about where their bones rest, so the church tries to meet this concern.

Then the relatives went to the family grave and placed the urn there.

Finally, we went to the church and held a memorial service. Above: Naho is playing Amazing Grace. There was scripture reading, a short sermon and then many in the group shared memories of Uncle Takashi.