ぼくたちは二しゅ間のあとにアメリカにかえります。 (We're Returning to the States in Two Weeks.)

Well, the Ume (plum) blossoms are blooming and the Sakura (cherry) blossoms are hinting that they will arrive shortly. Spring in Japan is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen on God’s vast creation. Like no other place, the flowers and trees here in spring really give a sense of new beginnings and refreshing. I suppose this is a good parallel for Rachel and I. Time has come for us to make changes. Perhaps Japan has been a time of incubation for whatever God is preparing us for. I wonder what that will be. Perhaps it won’t be a blooming quite as beautiful as the cherry blossoms, in fact I am certain our lives can’t match that kind of grandeur this side of heaven. However, we are in the process of new beginnings as we return to the States for whatever God is preparing us to do. Please keep us in prayer as we do all the things we need to before we head back as well as facing whatever lies ahead of us in the States.