Just Photos from Last Month...

Have you tried hanging onto the plane as it lifted off for its trip? Well, hang on--this post's going to give you a whirlwind overview of our trip.

My sister Janice & I left for Okinawa on Jan. 6...we were with my cousin Rumiko on the island Izena Jan. 8-12...we left by ferry on the 13th to go to her homeplace and she shared with others who had moved into her old home...God arranged meetings with relatives and girls we grew up in Sunday School and ukulele choir, twice with a person whose relative used to be married to one of our relatives--that's a long story, dinner with a special couple in the church, fellowship with my parents' co-workers, so much more.

Oh--I worked several hours today to get one more picture drawn about something special during my stay this past month, but I won't be able to post it just yet...because I can't use the camera.

Remember the post about the church ping pong outreach? The camera memory card was left down in Okinawa when it was asked the photos I took for that--thus, the memory card--be used. A replacement card can be bought quickly, but until then, drawing, photographing, and uploading will have to be put on hold. God knew about this ahead of time.

IT'S OVER...ALREADY?!

THANK YOU so much for your prayers! God did so much.

What can I say; I thought a month in Okinawa would be a long time, but before I knew it, it was over. Today's pic, I said to myself would be a conglomeration of images from the last few weeks...then I changed my mind and said it was actually only the last week...then I realized it was only 3 days!

On one day, we went for a drive to see Okinawan cherry blossoms and a historic castle site with some middle-aged folk who we'd known as children. The next day, we'd spent time with several sisters we grew up with, and had tons of fun reliving ukulele choir numbers as well as eating at a merry-go-round-like sushi place afterwards. And there was the "Mile-High Pie"...but that steering wheel...that's Pastor Ishikawa's arm; and he didn't drive us to "Sam's by the Sea" for that dessert--the Garners did--but took us to fellowship with my parents' co-worker. The little boy in center front is the nephew of the people, now in their 40's whom we knew as the Nakamatsu kids. The little boy's mother is the one behind him--of course, she wasn't even born either when we got to know his Uncle and Aunt!!