Friday (Nov. 15, 2024), my stepmother's (Kiyo's) younger sister Sueko and her husband will be coming for a visit. Actually, she is going to be visiting her sister's tomb to offer flowers there--it is the Japanese custom to visit loved ones' burials site on memorial years--this is one of them--so that is what she is coming for. Joyce told her I moved to Okinawa with my family, so she'll be coming here with her husband, and we'll be going out for lunch.
I really like Sueko, a retired nurse. When we were living up in Iwatsuki and I came down to Joyce's several times to help out, Sueko also made the long drive up from her home down south, and the three of us would go out for lunch together. In one visit, she noticed I didn't have my purse--I'd come to Okinawa on a Low Cost Carrier that trip so tried to carry on as little as possible--opting not to bring my purse--Sueko went out and bought me one!Oh--I hunted for photos of Sueko and her husband earlier in the year when we went out for a meal, but I couldn't find any. So I HAD to go to Daddy's study and pull out one of my stepmother's old photo albums. This picture of Sueko is when she was young--she's in her 50's now, I think. She's going to kill me if she finds out that I posted this.
On a serious note: please pray Sueko and her husband find the Lord. They are good people, and I really like them, but they do not know Him. Her husband battled cancer several years ago and asked for prayer. Pray the Holy Spirit help them realize how endless torment of the soul is of more dire consequence than cancer's temporary physical discomfort, and how God can rescue us from both situations.
