Arrived Safely

Beloved,

We greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Our trip started off with a bang!  We overlooked the Thanksgiving Holiday traffic and it appeared for a while that we might miss our flight.   Along with Pastor Roland, we reached Century Blvd at 8:35pm and it took 2 hours to get to Bradley International Terminal to check in and get through security.  Our flight was to board at 11:35pm.  It was Baja relived at the Mexican border…..almost.  But we did make our flight and thank God for prayers not even said.  A special thanks to those of you who came to see us off at the airport - a real sacrifice.

Yuriko, Diane, Kyoko, Hiromi
Japan mini-vans are bigger than you think!

The flight was bouncy most of the way.  Diane can sleep through anything.  We arrived at 6:00am (Tuesday) and were greeting by Hiromi and Kyoko - such precious servants and friends.  They were at the airport well before our flight arrived to ensure they would not be late.  We appreciated so much their love for us.  We have an entire day before us and we’re ready.

So all to say that we arrived safely.  And arriving at Evergreen Chapel was like coming home.  Joy was there to welcome us and we have quickly settled in to our rooms.  Michael will be arriving later on Friday due to his work schedule and between now and Saturday, we will be working on the JOY Club Christmas Party set for Saturday.  The girls are already off shopping for the party and Stan is taking a nap.

Thank you for your prayers and support of all that we’re doing.   Thank you for being with us on this mission to Machida.

Gratefully,

Stan, Diane, Yuriko, Mike