Baby Henke #2

We’re expecting! Baby Henke #2 will be making his or her appearance sometime around February 28th, 2014. We are very excited to meet this sweet baby and welcome it to our family.

I went to the doctor five weeks ago and found out. Actually, I had been feeling really tired and was taking naps almost everyday while Micaiah was napping. I blamed it on the heat but Jared said, “I think you’re pregnant.” That Jared, he’s so intuitive. 🙂 So we went to the same clinic where Micaiah was born and sure enough, I got the big “Omedetou” or Congratulations and was sent on my way.

I’m so curious about being pregnant in America since I’ve never experienced it but in Japan they have you go to the clinic/hospital every two weeks during your first trimester.  Today was my third time to go. It’s nice because each time you have an ultrasound so I’ve already seen this little one three times. I saw it’s heartbeat first at six weeks (amazing!) and then today, at 10 weeks, the baby was really active during the ultrasound and he* even put his thumb in his mouth!

(*From now on I will refer to the baby as a “he” until proven otherwise) 🙂

Babies are seriously miracles and blessings from God. As I’m just going about my everyday tasks God is knitting together this beautiful baby inside me. If you actually take the time to think about it the whole thing it will blow your mind.

Although we are very excited I can’t help but be a little nervous about having two kiddo’s running around. I feel like I’m too young. Our parents are the ones with two kids, not us. Thankfully though I have some amazing mom friends that have multiple kids and are wonderful examples and encourage me to know that I too can have more than one child and be okay. Not to mention our parents, families throughout the centuries, etc. By God’s grace we’ll do our best and have a lot of fun along the way. 🙂

Happy Day

The first song we sang at church today was “Happy Day” by Tim Hughes. Do you know that one? “Oh Happy Day Happy Day you washed my sin away.” It was a great start to the morning and described today perfectly. It was a happy day.

Uki’s Baptism

Meet Uki, your new brother in Christ. Today is his birthday. His Christian birthday that is. Today he received new life in Jesus. I met Uki last January, his first time to step through the doors of Mustard Seed Christian Church Nagoya. Even before that day God had already been moving in his life. Uki’s best friend and roommate in college, Atsushi, accepted Christ and was baptized in our bathtub on March 11th, 2012. After Atsushi’s baptism he felt the desire to be sharing with his friends about how Jesus had transformed his life and how he could change their lives too. So Atsushi brought Uki to church. A guy named Yuuhei brought Atushi to church. Yuuhei brought Atsushi who brought Uki and all three of these men are now Christians. Christians living in a country with very very few other Christians. What are these men going to do for Jesus here? I don’t know… but I can’t wait to find out! Pray with me that God would use them in a powerful way to bring many more people into the loving arms of Christ. Pray that Uki would grow into a strong, bold, passionate disciple of Jesus desiring to share the Good News with others. Also, ask God to protect him from the attacks of the evil one who desires to snatch this newfound faith in Christ away from him. Thank you God for Uki and his decision to follow Jesus!

Welcome to the family!

Oh Happy Day. Jesus has washed my sin away. Jared and I wouldn’t be here in Japan if it wasn’t for Jesus. If we didn’t believe whole-heartedly that He is our Savior and the Savior of the world we would have stayed at home. What an amazing God we serve. We thank God for days like today, to see and celebrate one soul who was lost and now is found. Praise God for His mercy and grace, for never giving up on us, for being a God who is patient with us not wanting anyone to perish but all to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

God, please continue moving in Japan. Keep changing heart and lives. Your Kingdom come here Lord we pray. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Day at the Farm/愛知牧場

It’s funny to think I just spent half a day visiting a farm. Jared and I both grew up around people who had farms and for many of our friends it was their livelihood. In Japan visiting a farm (at least if you live in the city) is a unique experience. You have to travel outside the city to see one and then to get to pet a cow… that is pretty cool! They have all kinds of “experiences” you can do at the farm from potato digging, to milking a cow, to learning how to make butter. The smell of the farm sure made me miss Kansas!

Aichi Bokujyo (愛知牧場) was where we went and it’s in the city of Nisshin right outside of Nagoya. We had the time so we took “the low roads” and it took us about 50 minutes to get there. It was a nice little trip though and the best part was: it was free! But when you get there of course you want to feed all the animals so we spent about 500yen ($5) buying food and it costs a whopping 200yen ($2) to get in the petting zoo but overall it was still a cheap, fun-filled family outing at the farm! Micaiah did surprisingly well feeding and petting all the animals. He was a bit scared of the horses but I don’t blame him… those things are big! My favorite part were the Mara’s or I guess in English we call them the “Patagonian mara”. Are there Mara’s in America? I don’t think I had ever seen one before today. Anyway, they are so cute and fun. They were really friendly, too. Jared’s favorite was the goats and Micaiah loved the guinea pigs.

Micaiah and the Mara

We always love to explore Nagoya and we hope to go back to the farm again someday!

New vision: Same Blog

Hello there… it’s been a while but I’m glad to be back.

It’s been a busy past few months since I wrote. So much has happened and I’d be happy to fill you all in…. one post at a time. For now though I’d like to share with you a new vision for this blog. Four weeks ago I started doing an online bible study/book reading with a group of ladies from a church in Arkansas. It’s my teammate Lyndsey’s home church and when she asked if I would like to join I was hesitant at first since I wouldn’t know anyone but her but I’m so glad I joined it. It’s through GoodMorningGirls.org and ladies from all over the world are studying the book “Anything” by Jennie Allen together. Each day we have scripture to read and for our group (since it’s all on-line) we post our reflections on the scripture, prayers we’re praying, etc. in a private Facebook group. If I was still in America I don’t think I would necessarily be interested in this on-line sort of Bible Study thing but living overseas and not really having any older women in our church to receive advice from and study scripture with it’s been a huge blessing. I love reading what the other ladies have to say and hearing their perspective on what God is sharing with them through his word. Along with daily bible reading and journaling we also read two chapters of the book a week. Last week the theme was “Dreaming To The Glory of God” and one of the challenges was to write out a dream you have and pray over it that day. I thought really hard about the question, as I really haven’t given much thought to my “dreams” lately, and one of the dreams that I wrote down in my journal was “Share with people about life and ministry in Japan.”

In the past I haven’t really been good about blogging and I think part of it was that I didn’t really have any direction in what I wanted to blog about. Living in Japan is so incredibly interesting and there are many things that I want to share with you all… but I don’t. I let myself think that I don’t have enough time to write, I don’t have any pictures to share, blah blah blah. But the truth is I love to write and am overjoyed whenever Jared and I have the opportunity to share with anyone who will listen about what we are doing over here and how God is moving through the churches that by His grace have been planted and are growing.

Everyone has a story to tell and every person’s life is unique and interesting. I want to do better with sharing with you all about my life as a Christ follower/wife to a church planter/mother of a toddler/crazy foreigner living in Japan.

I hope that God speaks through me to encourage you. For those of you who know Jesus intimately to those who don’t even believe in His existence… I want to write to share with you and encourage you. I don’t want to be afraid about sharing about the love of Christ… He’s changed my life and I want you to know He can change your’s too.

So here I go… tomorrow is July 1st. Be ready to find posts on here ranging anywhere from something God is teaching me to telling my mom friend that Micaiah’s naps are a year and a half long (I have so many Japanese mis-hap stories… you wouldn’t believe!) Can’t wait to share with you all! Thanks for reading!

First Sunday in Imaike

This past Sunday (March 17th) we had our first church service at the new building. It was awesome. I can’t even begin to describe the emotions I felt after stepping off the elevator into the burnt orange lobby with doors that opened up into a large room that is our worship center. Three and a half years ago I remember walking up a spiral staircase into a small dark room that was the party room of a sports bar and not even caring that it smelled like smoke and alcohol… all I remember was being excited that a new church was starting in a city that had 9 million people and that less than 1% of them knew Jesus. One more church would provide one more chance for someone to hear the Gospel preached in their native tongue and give them one more opportunity to put their faith in Jesus. It is a powerful message and the best part of it is that it’s true! Mustard Seed Christian Church Nagoya has been committed to sharing that message from God’s word week after week for three and a half  years now. Seeing the transformation in the lives of those that God has touched through our church is humbling and amazing to have seen and been a part of.  I love God’s global church. To be a part of a church family  that has people from all over the world is wonderful. Weekly I feel like I get a glimpse of what heaven will be like. Singing songs in Japanese and in English we get a double dose of the meaning and depth of the words that are being sung to God. God, the creator of all the languages of the world, deserves all the praise, in every language at all times forever and ever.

Strikers Sports Bar

Studio Nexx

I wish I could take you all on a virtual tour of our new place… maybe I’ll work on making that happen! But to see how our locations have changed and progressed over the years is so exciting. God’s church is growing and we are thankful to have you all alongside of us.

Some of my observations from our first Sunday were:

-The worship feels more intimate in this new space. At the dance studio the ceilings were really high and with them being lower here you can actually hear people singing. It felt like everyone was more connected during worship time.

-From the 7th floor we have an outstanding view of the city and all the people that are walking around Imaike at all times. All you have to do is simply look out the window and see that “the harvest is plentiful.”

-The kids class space is so much bigger, and cleaner, and the wall isn’t peeling, and there isn’t a big sink protruding into the kids play space, and it doesn’t smell bad… well, you get the picture 🙂 It’s a great space for the kids to learn and grow and enjoy and hear God’s word!

Kids Room (Studio Nexx)

Kids Room (Imaike)

-The entryway/foyer was the perfect space for everyone to hang out after church and enjoy refreshments. Also this space will be open at all times so people from the church can go hang out there whenever they want. Micaiah loved running around this area before church.

I can’t say this enough: Glory to God for providing the perfect place for MSCC Nagoya to meet for a very, very, very long time. We can’t wait to see how God uses this space to continue to grow the church and watch it thrive!

Wow… God is good.

I’m tired and need to go to bed but I just wanted to post these two pictures really quick:

This picture was taken in July of 2010: our last Sunday meeting at Strikers Sports Bar for church. This was the staff and a few core members of MSCC.

This picture was taken today: our last Sunday meeting at Studio Nexx for church. Again the staff and core members (as well as many seekers) at MSCC.

Wow… God is good. I am so amazed at His goodness and His grace. God is growing His church in Japan! Continue to lift up our church as we start meeting at the new location next Sunday and that more and more people would have the opportunity to hear about the love of Jesus.

Our walk to church

With MSCC moving to a new location in a few weeks I thought I would write about our weekly walk to church. Now that it’s pretty cold here we don’t always walk but if it’s somewhat warm out (or even if it is cold but the sun is out) we walk! Also, a few months ago I bought a “Mama Bike” we ride it to church often as well. The first time we rode it Micaiah screamed his head off the whole time and threw a fit when I made him wear his helmet. Now that he’s used to it though I think he actually enjoys going on bike rides. Other than walking or riding the bike to church we have also gone by bus, subway, train, and taken a taxi once or twice. The options are endless. We like to walk though because well… it’s good exercise, it’s fun, and it’s free.

My “Mama Bike”

I have really grown to enjoy our walks to church and Micaiah has too I think. His childhood will be half a world away (literally) than my childhood. His experiences are so incredibly different than mine were. It’s fun to see him enjoying these little things, like walking to church, that I never would have experienced growing up. I must say though that when I write “walking” I’m talking about me walking and pushing Micaiah in the stroller. Even though he can walk now if he were to actually WALK to church it might take us a good hour or so.

From walking out our door to the dance studio the church meets in it takes us about 35 minutes. I am an EXTREMELY slow walker but on most Sundays if we can get out the door on time it’s a nice walk and we don’t feel rushed.

Micaiah has also learned how to wave recently and when he waves he does it with both hands. He likes to wave at everyone and everything. Other children, cars, dogs, people, the elevator door when it closes. It makes me smile. There is a lot of waving going on during our walks and because Japanese people don’t usually wave, they bow, it makes me even more happy when people wave back at him. 🙂

Hello there!

Some of the more interesting things we’ve seen on our walks to/from church are:

-a site down the street from our house where Christians were executed during the 1600’s during the Edo Shogunate when Christianity and all things “foreign” were expelled from Japan… it turns out there is even a museum on that site dedicated to the Christians who were executed there

The sign at Ekokuji Temple

-a playground that was originally the site of the first dissection of a human body in Nagoya

What a creepy place to put a playground…

-One Sunday we came upon a big ol’ dead fish laying right in the middle of the sidewalk

-We got to see the friendly neighborhood fire-fighters doing their morning work out on their exercise mats outside of the firehouse. I remember they were really nice and said “Good Morning” to us when we passed

-At that same firehouse on our way home from church once they were doing some kind of drill where they were climbing out widows and hanging by ropes (Micaiah thought that was fun!)

-One of the first times we walked to church after Micaiah was born we passed a little girl dressed in her Kimono for the 3, 5, 7 celebration (where they celebrate 3, 5, and 7 year olds) She was beautiful!

So cute!

Other things we’ve seen:

-groups of stray cats hanging out in Matsubara Park (our neighborhood park)

-people walking large groups of dogs

-the man standing on the street corner (every Sunday morning) with his mega-phone reading things from the newspaper about the dangers of nuclear power plants

And so much more!

Sometimes I forget that we don’t live what most people would call a “normal” life. But it’s our normal… and we love it.

We have had some good times on our walks to and from church and I’m going to miss them. Now that the location is moving farther away from where we live Micaiah and I will most likely ride our bike to the subway station and then take the subway to the new church building. We are looking forward to the move though and can’t wait to see what adventures lie ahead at the new place!

New Location: Endless Possibilities

For those of you who haven’t heard MSCC Nagoya is moving to a new location next month! Everytime I see the new space I can’t believe how awesome it will be to have a place to have church and/or activities everyday of the week! For most of you American readers of our blog who attend church weekly… can you imagine not having a place to have after-church potlucks, youth group, small group meetings, chili suppers, lock-ins, or VBS activities? That’s what it’s been like for us since the beginning of MSCC-Nagoya. Don’t get me wrong… we were blessed to have ANY space to meet in to get together to worship God and preach the Gospel. We thank God for providing us locations to have church services from our first spot (a sports bar) to a dance studio, and now to the 7th floor of a 13-story building! Until now we have only rented these spaces on Sunday mornings but now we have an entire floor… EVERY day of the week. God has even blessed us with our own bathrooms and a tiny kitchen!

The view of the city from our sanctuary window.

With this new location… the possibilities for outreach opportunities (and numerous other activities) are endless! We have been so encouraged to hear about MSCC- Osaka and the events they have already held at their new meeting location! They moved into their new space right before Christmas last year.

Mustard Seed Christian Church – Osaka

Pray with us that our new space will be completed and ready to go by our Easter service (March 31st) and that many of the Christians in our church will be praying for wisdom and asking God to show them how to use this new space to bring glory to Himself!

A few Sundays ago after church a group of us went and prayed over the new space. It was a powerful time of prayer asking God to use this space in amazing ways to make His name famous!

Just yesterday Micaiah and I went to a Baby English Cafe that is hosted by another church here in Nagoya. We would love to start something similar to it when we move into the new building! Pray that we all would be good stewards of this space that God has provided and that each person who walks through the elevator doors would have the opportunity to hear about the love of Jesus Christ. We praise God for each and everyone of you who have provided financially and ask that you would partner with us in prayer as well. I can’t wait to share with you all stories of how this space will be used to expand the Kingdom in Nagoya!

7th floor: Mustard Seed Christian Church – Nagoya

Top 12 of 2012

Happy New Year everyone! It’s still 2012 for another few minutes here in Japan… Jared and I are just trying to stay awake until 12:00… we’ll probably be in bed by 12:05 though. 🙂

Here are our top 12 from 2012!!

1. MSCC- Nagoya

The church MSGF started 3 years ago is continuing to flourish and grow! People are coming to know Christ and grow in their relationships with Him. This past year we had over 200 new people walk through the doors of our church… praise God! We are blessed by our church family here and ask that God would continue to grow His church in Japan in 2013!

2. Playgroups

Throughout this past year Micaiah and I have enjoyed attending playgroups in our ward and in our neighborhood. We have met many new and wonderful friends and I am thankful to have mom friends to talk to as well as spend time with and share the love of Jesus with. It has been an amazing experience and we look forward to continue to grow in our relationships with our friends this year.

3. Baptisms

MSCC- Nagoya celebrated 4 baptisms this past year! Please welcome your new brothers and sisters, Masaki, Atsushi, Vivaine, and Yuki into the family. They are dear friends to our family and valuable members of our church. It has been a blessing seeing how God has transformed their lives and I can’t wait to see how He uses them to further His Kingdom here. (Just this past Sunday Masaki led worship at our Sunday service… it was awesome!)

4. Experiencing Japanese Culture

The longer we live here the more opportunities we have to experience Japanese Culture. Japan is such a beautiful country and we love spending time outdoors as a family! Ohanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing) and Momiji (Maple leaf viewing) are two of my favorite times of the year. The scenery is gorgeous and we try not to take it for granted that we live in such a beautiful place.

This past May we experienced koinobori viewing for the first time. Koinobori are carp-shaped flags that people fly at their homes to celebrate little boys. This was of course, our first year to have a baby boy so we were thrilled when our friends invited us out to the country for a day to see the koinobori flying over a river in the nearby prefecture. It was definitely a highlight from this past year!

5. Trip to America

In May we went to America for one month and had a wonderful time spending time with family and friends. At the end of the trip we were able to do some support raising as well as our main supporting church will no longer be able to support us beginning in the summer of 2014. It was good for us to learn more about raising funds and it is always a blessing to be able to share with people our excitement about what God is doing in Japan!

We had a wonderful visit and loved every second we spent surrounded by family and friends (and eating delicious Mexican food.) I know the grandparents loved spending time with Micaiah (and us) as well. 🙂

6. First Baseball Game

In July we went to our first baseball game in Japan! Micaiah and I that is. A group of us from church went and watched the Nagoya Dragons play the Yokohama Baystars. What was awesome about that game was that one of the outfielders from the Baystars threw us a ball for Micaiah! We still have it in his room and are hoping to one day have it signed by the player, Alex Ramirez, who threw it to us!

7. A Walk in the Rain

The day our friend Vivaine got baptized we were all at Morikoro Park. A park here in Nagoya that has a swimming pool, a small amusement park and all sorts of fun things. While there we got caught in a rain storm and not one of us had an umbrella. Because we had been planning a picnic, we did have a huge tarp with us. We made a huge umbrella and slowly made our way to the parking lot with it. It was one of my fondest memories from this past year and I still smile when I think of that day!

8. Micaiah’s 1st Birthday

On September 22nd, our little guy turned 1 year old. That first year sure flew by. We had a Winne the Pooh party for him as Winne the Pooh, or Pooh-san in Japanese, is popular here as well. We rented a nearby community center for his party and I think everyone who came had a lot of fun. I hope in the future we can continue to plan fun parties for him and his friends to enjoy. It is amazing that at every event we have living here, wether church-related or not, we have the opportunity to use it as a way to reach out to our friends (the majority aren’t Christians) with the love of Jesus.

9. “Mom Retreat”

In mid-October I took what I refer to as a “Mom Retreat.” It was only one night and the place I stayed at was only about a 45 minute drive from our house but it was amazing! Jared stayed with Micaiah while I went to Inuyama, a suburb of Nagoya. It was still very much in the city but far enough away from our place that I felt like I was more in the country. The hotel I stayed at had an onsen (hotspring bath) that was outside. Even though it was really chilly out it was so fun getting to sit outside and relax. I got a massage too… 🙂 It was a bit stressful as it was my first time staying at a hotel by myself as well as trying to put on a yukata amongst other things… I even called my friend Miki to make sure I was doing things right at the onsen and not breaking any cultural rules… 🙂 The following day after breakfast I spent the morning at Inuyama Castle. I love history and enjoyed walking around many of the museums and exploring the old streets around the castle. I missed the boys of course but it was a great trip that I hope I can take again sometime.

10. Date Nights

I’ll be honest… Jared and I don’t go on many dates… it’s something we are trying to work on. 🙂 When we do go out though… we love it! We always try to do something we couldn’t do with Micaiah. For example, many of the restaurants are too small to take children to and so we always try to go to one that we couldn’t take him to. A few weeks ago when we went out we enjoyed ice skating (on plastic… it wasn’t even real ice) had baskin robbins, and then rode the ferris wheel in downtown Nagoya. One of our goals in 2013 is to go on more date nights… I’m already looking forward to them!

11. Family Outings

Since Jared works at the church all day on Sundays, Mondays are his days off. We love to get out and try to do something fun as a family on those days. Family Fun-day Monday. What’s crazy though is that in Japan many parks, zoos, and other places are closed on Mondays. Despite that, we still find ways to get out and have a good time. My favorite Fun-day Monday this past year was going to see the fall leaves. My goodness it was gorgeous. Korankei Gorge is one of, if not the most beautiful place I’ve ever been in my entire life. Seriously. Come visit Japan and I will take you there.

12. Kids Christmas Event (and other church-related Events)

December 8th we had MSCC- Nagoya’s first annual Kids Christmas Event! Even though it was our first I thought it went well! Our teammate Jenny, the Children’s Minister, did a great job getting everything put together and ready. I got to help with the song (the kids sang Silent Night in Japanese) make up/teach actions to the song as well! 50 people came and more than half of them heard about the Real Meaning of Christmas for the very first time. Other than the Christmas Event we had an Olympic watch party, the guys went camping for a night, Street Lives, Christmas Caroling and many, many other events. What a great year it has been!

Coming in 2013…

Church: In the Spring of 2013 MSCC- Nagoya is moving to a new location! We praise God for providing us an excellent location that we will have EVERYDAY of the week to use. This will also provide more opportunities to have events, playgroups, classes and more! I am so excited for this move and am praying that God would be glorified in the way we use this space and pray that He would continue to provide the rest of the funds needed to get it renovated and ready.

Family: I’m not sure what’s coming for our family in 2013 other than striving to continue to grow closer to Jesus as individuals and as a family. I also know that next week we are taking our first vacation as a family (to Okinawa) and I could not be more pumped. It has been a busy, tiring, and awesome last month and I can’t wait to spend time relaxing with the boys on the beach!

I’m praying that God blesses you with an amazing 2013 filled with love and joy. My favorite quote is by Jim Elliot who said, “Where ever you are, be all there” So where ever you find yourself this year… may you be all there. Giving your time, your efforts, your lives to serving and loving the friends and family that God has blessed you with!

Happy New Year! あけましておめでとうございます！

Has it really been… 3 years?!

Hello, friends. Can you believe it’s been three years since we’ve moved to Japan? Last Friday I was thinking about how much has happened in the last three years and how thankful we are to be here right now. To celebrate our anniversary of living here Jared, Micaiah and I went and ate at our favorite Japanese restaurant: CoCo’s Curry House. Japanese curry is different from other curries I’ve tried (Thai, Indian, etc.) I think the sauce is thicker and it’s a different flavor of spices than I’ve had before. When you think of Japanese food you would think sushi would come to mind… but for us it’s Coco’s.

What an amazing three years it has been! To prepare for writing this post I looked back at our first few posts we did after we moved here. From reading those posts, along with all of the encouraging comments from our friends, I was overcome with thankfulness for everyone who has been praying for us and supporting us. What a blessing it is to have people lifting us and the ministry up in prayer. We feel it. God continues to move in a powerful way through the two churches MSGF has planted as well as in our personal lives and the lives of our teammates. Much transition has happened on our team and in our family over the past year. It can feel overwhelming at times but with God’s grace and help He gets us through the difficult times. I can’t even begin to work through all the emotions I’ve had in our time serving here but when we are able to witness first hand God at work in our Japanese friends lives it makes any difficulties worth it. We consider it an honor to work here!

For those of you who support and pray for us here are a few things  you can continue to pray for:

*Some of the difficulties I mentioned: feelings of loneliness (with so much transition on our team and interns coming and going feelings of loneliness can creep in) as well as friendships with our families are friends in the states when it is often hard to keep in touch when we are so far away.

*Even though Jared and I can speak Japanese there are still many times when we feel discouraged because we can’t say as much as we would like to, or say those things as clearly as we would like. That feeling gets old after a while (especially when you’ve been here for years.)

*Pray for good times of rest. Part of life as a church planter is being super flexible. Right now most nights Jared has things going on: bible study, band practice, etc. And so we try to be purposeful in planning times to spend together during the day and on his days off (Saturday and Monday) Pray that when we are resting we could truly rest. We want to be effective and have longevity as we serve.

*Continued growth for the churches and Christians at MSCC Nagoya and Osaka. With more and more people becoming Christians please be in prayer that they would grow as disciples of Jesus and would obey His command to make  new disciples as well.

Once again, a big thank you to those of you who have stuck with us so long. (And my lack of keeping you up to date as often as I would have liked to). I really hope to continue to use this blog as a tool for you to keep up with our lives and ministry. We are thankful for each and every one of you. 🙂

Jared and I with my grandma the day we left for Japan 3 years ago! We sure have changed! 😉