Merry Christmas 2010

 

First days of summer are here!! Wish you were too!!

Lixy and Brian had their Birthday together this year!!

Our Japanese Restaurant

We have begun to serve Japanese cuisine every Wednesday

and Saturday evening and so far it is going quite well.

The local people from here in Madoc and the surrounding

towns are very happy to have Japanese food.

Our precious friends in Japan, Mr. and Mrs. Hoshino

sent us this beautiful little Japanese umbrella that has

a light in it, so we put it up right away and it looks

wonderful!

Thank you very much Mr. and Mrs. Hoshino, you have sent

us a bit of Japan to warm up our restaurant!!

Canadian Maple Syrup

When the sap comes out of the trees it is very thin

like water and looks like water.

The sap from from the trees goes into big steel vats

and boiled for many hours until only thick, brown

maple syrup remains.

Yummy, sweet maple syrup!

Willy stokes the fire.

Annie stokes the fire.

The buckets on the trees collecting the sap that is running

from the taps that are drilled into the tree.

In The News!

Welcome to Sunny Side Up!

Today was our grand opening!

"Sunny Side Up" restaurant is now officially the Hatano Wallace's place to cook and serve you.

(The taking down of the old sign)

 

Paul and Mary Jane, the original owners of "Sunset" restaurant, have been our very own angels! They've passed on all the business as well as the know how and hands on training and experience these past weeks, and though we are all going to miss them, we know God is going to bless them so much for their love and care for Him and others all these years, and our love and prayers and thankfulness is always with them.

(The brand new sign)

A big thank you! and round of applause for Aunt Lynda who gave us her expert talent, time, and skills in creating our logo!! We love you so much! Now you not only have a place in our hearts but right up front where all can see.

 

The Reeve and Deputy Reeve of Madoc came to do the ribbon cutting and officiated the opening and welcoming of our restaurant in Madoc. We were also presented with a beautiful apron baring the insignia of the township and were each given a piece of the ribbon.

Grandpa and Grandma drove all the way out here on Sunday to be with us and celebrate our restaurant opening together. Chihiro, our cousin from Japan who has been studying here in Canada, also came to be with us on this day! It was such a blessing and honor to be surrounded with family and as well as so many new friends who came out to be with us on this special day.

 With the whole family here at the restaurant we all got turns meeting and serving the customers!

Later on in the afternoon Greg's basketball team and coaches came in for 'wings'. Mary Jane came in to help and we served them all you can eat chicken wings with fries and pop! 

  

All in all it was a full day, a new day, a good day :) A big thank you to everyone who made it possible, for your love, for your prayers, for your support! We couldn't do it without you and we will continue to depend on your prayers! We love you so much and will keep you all updated.

 And here ends another day which God has given us--a day to rejoice and be glad...and a day to end and get some sleep! Good night!

The Other Johnny

Jaime Escalante was an immigrant from Bolivia who taught at Garfield High School in inner-city Los Angeles. He accomplished remarkable results with students known to be especially difficult to teach.

There is one story of Escalante having two students named Johnny in his class. One was a straight A+ student; the other was an F+ student. The A+ student was easy to get along with, cooperated with teachers, worked hard, and was popular with his peers. The F+ Johnny was sullen, angry, uncooperative, disruptive, and in general was not popular with anyone.

One evening at a PTA meeting, an excited mother approached Escalante and asked, "How is my Johnny doing?" Escalante figured that the F+ Johnny's mother would not be asking such a question, so he described in glowing terms the A+ Johnny, saying he was a wonderful student, popular with his class, cooperative and a hard worker, and would undoubtedly go far in life. The next morning, Johnny—the F+ one—approached Escalante and said, "I really appreciate what you said to my mother about me, and I just want you to know that I'm going to work real hard to make what you said the truth." By the end of that grade period, he was a C- student, and by the end of the school year, he was on the honor roll.

If we treat others as if they were "the other Johnny," chances are dramatically better that they will, in fact, improve their performance. Someone rightly said that more people have been encouraged to succeed than have been nagged to succeed. This example makes us wonder what would happen to all the "other Johnnies" of the world if someone said something really nice about them.

Sunny Side Up

Welcome to our soon to be restaurant! The "Sunny Side Up."

 

For the past 2 weeks Dad has been waking up early every morning

to learn how to open up the restaurant and take care of the morning breakfast crowd and learn how to run the business. Of course, he's made a place for himself there already and can name off

all the regulars and just how they like their morning greeting, coffee, meals and service.

This last week Lixy has started going in as well to learn how 

to run the kitchen and take orders and cook up the specials without bringing down the 

kitchen and the customers!! She's been doing pretty well, thank God, but please keep

her in your prayers as she has a lot to learn, but is definitely looking forward to learning it!

 

Greg too has been coming in and learning to waiter, tend tables and run the cash register. We're 

also having to learn how to use the kitchen equipment--the big grill, and deep fryer and chicken fryer 

and keep them clean and maintaining them! We are really enjoying it though and it's nice to have something like this to do together as a family. We also make some amazingly

good fried chicken! and fish and chips, so come come come!

Our grand opening is on March 1st so this is our last week to train and prepare!
It's scary and exciting. We know the Lord is going to take good care of us and He'll do miracles
for us--He has too, ha! Please keep us in your prayers and you are welcome any time at the Sunny Side Up Restaurant!

The Hatano Wallace News Report

Hello Konichiwa!

     Well, we are now one month into the year, and what a beautiful year it is and has been and will be! The world is still perfectly white, snowy and cold out here in Marmora but our home is always toasty and warm with our wood stove blazing brightly--especially now that I, Lixy, have also learned to start a fire and keep one going all by myself!!

     Recently the men folk of this family have been busy doing manly duties, while we, the lady-folk keep the "home fires" running. Brian, Chris and William have taken up the local Thursday paper route with Dad who chauffeurs them house to house to meet the neighborhood and deliver their papers. Greg has a daily paper route that he chauffeurs himself to all by himself, but often when he has basketball practice at school Joe or Dad and the boys charge in to the rescue. These last few weeks dad has been going out to Ajax to work on refurbishing a house to help pay for refurbishing our house! We are hoping to build two rooms in our big family room, one for Lixy, so she'll finally have a place to stay, and a guest room for YOU  to have a place to stay when you visit.

     BIG NEWS: We might soon be the owners of our very own family restaurant!
     It's not for sure yet but it looks like Jesus has a special little restaurant in Madoc, right down the road from Greg's high school, that He wants to give us! The owner right now is a friend and very sweet Christian man who the Lord has been showing that He should pass on the business to us. It's a wonderful opportunity to meet people and also to have a place where we can have fun working together and cooking and planning special events and music and maybe catering to people's homes and events in the future as well! We still have a lot to pray about and work out, but if God wants us there we know He'll get us there and wherever He guides He always provides. So please keep praying for us!!

Here are some pictures from last month when Dad and Mom took us all to Chinese Food for the New Years!!

Anyone Can Make A Difference

Eldorado Sled Dog Races

This weekend we all attended the Eldorado Sled Dog Races in Eldorado, Ontario, a small town not too far from our home. It was our first experience but one that was very exciting and educational. Willy, Chris and Brian all got to try their hands at racing a dog sled and they all did very well. We hope that you will be able to join us next winter for a once in a lifetime experience!

週末，エルドラド犬ぞりレースに参加しました。本レースは、50マイルコースを7匹の犬がそりを引いて走るコースです。約3時間ちょっと越えて一番てが帰ってきました。わー、本物を目に見るのは興奮です。ウイリー、クリス、そしてブライアンは犬ぞりでトラックを一周するレースに参加するチャンスを得ました。みんな初めての経験でしたが、とても良くやりました。
来年は、一生に一度の体験はいかがですか？

Willy was first up and he stepped right up without fear.

His dog was a little slower, but nevertheless, Willy and dog

made it safely across the finish line.

ウイリーが、私達の子供たちの中で先頭を切りました。彼の犬はまだ若く初めてなのもあって、ちょっとゆっくりだったけどウイリーを乗せ、無事一周してきました。

Chris had a faster team (also 2 dogs as to Willy's 1).

クリスは2匹が引っ張って走るレース。彼のチームは、速かった。

 Brians team were experienced dogs, both having raced

for a total of 33 years between them. They are retired now,

but still love to run!!

ブライアンのチームは、経験豊かな犬で両方合わせ33年の経歴ですが、今は引退しています。でも、まだ走るのは大好きなようです。＜ちょーっとゆっくりですが＞

Go Centurions Go!!!

Greg is on the basketball team this year and is doing well. They are now 7 wins 1 loss. Last game Greg scored two
baskets for 4 points!! Way to go Greg!!!




Here is Greg going for one of his two baskets!

Sunday Service

   Today we were invited to "Golden Pond" retirement residence to give Sunday service. We visited once before in December when we did our Christmas performance for the residents and they were very eager to have us back again.

今日は、日曜日の礼拝に呼ばれゴールデンポンド　レジデンスホームまで行ってきました。１２月のクリスマスショー以来で、住居者の皆さんはこの日をとても楽しみにしていたようです。

     Dad gave a sermon with little stories and lessons from the bible about God's blessings and love for us and the importance of having  a thankful heart to be happy. He then played some hymns,"Through it all" and "How Great Thou Art", which everyone joined in singing together.

パパが、神からの祝福と私たちへの愛、そして感謝する心を持つことの大切さについて、聖書の中からと、いくつかのストーリーの抜粋を分かち合いました。その後、聖歌の中から、何曲かをみんなで一緒に歌いました。

The beautiful Elena then played "Amazing Grace" and "You've got a Friend" while Lixy croaked whole heartedly along in the back ground.イレーナが、アメージング　グレース、ユーガッタフレンズをリクシーと一緒に歌いました。

 

William and Annie performed a lively happy dance "H.A.P.P.Y" that the ever talented and splendid Cha had put together for them just days earlier

ウィリー、アニーが＜お姉ちゃんのチャーの振り付けで＞ダンスを披露しました。 

And of course last but not least, we couldn't leave without sharing lots of hugs
ハグ、ハグ、ハグの励まし

 

We also enjoyed looking over some happy memories of　pictures we had taken from our visit during Christmas

クリスマスのときに一緒にとった写真をご披露

It was a great day. We went to give love and happiness and ended up also taking so much love and happiness back with us as well.There is no joy like shared joy!

素晴らしい一日でした！愛を与えることで、たくさんの愛と幸せを受け取りました。喜びとは与えるまでは、喜びにならない！！