Planting seeds.....

After the long winter , spring is so precious and beautiful. I realized my plants are much healthier and grow quicker this year. The long and cold winter has done something good to our yard.
Kids are also spending more time out side this year also. They are more excited about gardening too. They are happy to do whatever,, weeding , shovelling, watering .
I bought some seeds for Karin's birthday and 3 of our children couldn't wait to plant them.

First they thought they could just take seeds, scatter them and that's it. They thought they will see beautiful flowers couple days later. Instead of that they founded themselves spending much more time for prep work. Weeding, plowing , bring some soil from compost site,
smoothing the ground also. I told them that seeds are like babies, they need nice soft bed
and also light fluffy blanket. If the blankets are too thin, they don't survive and if that is too heavy, they will not glow healthier. As I was talking to kids, I started to think about the support discovery. There are some similarity between planting seeds and support raise.

When we were appointed, we felt like we would see our beautiful result of support discovery right away. We didn't think much about weeding , plowing, watering, moving soil here and there.
That was very childlike view of support discovery.
We have been doing lot of ground prep work for last tow years. We had seen some beautiful flowers and fruits which were given to us. Also we see some ground which need more plowing
and watering. Also we see the ground where we just need to wait with faith.

Now it's almost June, kids are patiently waiting for the sprout. They faithfully water them and also get mad when ants are caring away some of their seeds. They are hopeful and enjoying the process.
So if kids can wait, why we can't wait for our ministry partners to sprout.
Lord give us faith to wait and wisdom to nurture the relationship with potential partners.
Lord teach as many as lessons as we press on this support discovery so that we become more effective minister of the gospel.
Our current monthly support level is about 60%. We are grateful and hopeful. Please pray for us!!!

10 wonderful gifts God gave us through our trip to Japan.

I would like to bring you back to the Japan trip we had back in March again.

Here is Top 10 list of God's blessing from the trip.

1. The gift of prayers of many saints.
   


2. The gift of last minute air plain tickets and the best seats arrangement.
   


3. The gift of indescribable peace in the midst of a sad situation..my mother might be dying...



4. The gift of my mom's smile and sweet spirit even though she was very weak



5. The gift of a loving husband who understood my pain and took care 3 kids by himself for 2 weeks and brought them to Japan to be reunited with me.



6. The gift of the miracle of healing which my mom received from the Lord.



7. The gift of the realization that God is indeed working in Japan. He loves this country



8. The gift of the precious time we had with extended family. They are all believers!



9. The gift of our children falling in love with Japan.



10. The gift of a fruitful time with field leaders, including our mentor, pastor Ookita.

We never dreamed about making this kind of trip at this time of year . That was simply a gift from God. I am so glad I received it. His gifts are so precious I will not exchange with anything even though that comes with pains sometimes (or many times). The pain often make me realize how precious the relationship with God is.

Here I am to worship

This is the first line for my blog and I want to dedicate my words here for my savior and the Lord, Jesus Christ. I hope that all I write here is honoring to Jesus and encouragement to others.

You will read my joy, excitements , as well as cries and discouragements. And also you will realize my strange grammars and expression as a non native speaker. Please bear with me. I am far from perfection but very excited about sharing my experiences as a Japanese woman who lives in the States , as a mom for 4 children and as a missionary appointee who is anticipating ministering in Japan with my husband Greg. I hope to share God's mercy and goodness with you through this broken (English) vessel. Yes, writing can be worship!