SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Dear family and friends. We are so thrilled that spring is finally on its way here in Iwate, Japan. We have had a long cold winter and finally it is starting to warm up. We are enjoying watching the world come alive around us and it is so amazing to watch Violet experience this for the first time. I so want to see things through her eyes. You know that feeling when you see something for the first time. Your heart races as you try to take it all in. How amazing to experience that every day. She makes us appreciate even the littlest of things in such a miraculous way. Today I watched her eyes glitter and gleam with delight as she touched a green branch for the first time. I found myself reaching out to touch it too. What a miracle God has created! What a miracle that He has granted us another day together as a family in this beautiful world that He created. Happy Spring to you all.

Violet learns Peek-a-Boo from Musclecars & Meditation™ on Vimeo.


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Violet's 6 month pic

Oh Happy Day

He is risen, Alleluia! Alleluia!
We had a very blessed and joyful Easter Sunday. We are so thankful that we were able to worship with our family here in Tono, the Yoshidas. Reverend Yoshida our dear お父ちゃん　and Violet's じじ baptized sweet Violet and we started a new life together in Christ. What a beautiful Easter it was.
Here are some pics from Violet's first Easter.