this month we attended the all japan staff conference. it was a fun time of fellowship and reflection for us. also, we were blessed to hear jerry bridges speak on the beatitudes. good stuff!
at starbucks with all the midtermers (minus jo)
the o'donnells recently arrived in japan for a long term assignment. here's jamie with one year old jones. they (along with husband bryan) are in shizuoka for the next two years completing full time language study.(couldn't figure out how to rotate this one)
after the conference, we were blessed with a visit from christy haley, from nav headquarters in CO! she was a huge encouragement to both of us! here we are during our picnic lunch in the park.and who could forget celebrating kayla's birthday...
that's right, she's 3 folks!
this girl loves books, especially books about princesses :)
here's mandy and i. she came from shizuoka to hang out with us for a few days. we had many good talks, did our fair share of laughing (she's hilarious!) and made these collages (since you're never too old for crafts!)
and last night, we went to tully's coffee shop where keigo was working his last shift. i admit, i was a little teary. it is definitely the close of a chapter of our lives here, friends graduating in the next few days and moving into the work world while, Lord willing, we meet new freshmen this spring in BEST club. he moved out of his apartment and will be staying with us until he moves to nagoya. pray for our time with him this sunday-tuesday.
thanks for stopping by and catching up with us!
