So We Begin.

Hello from 東久留米市 (Higashikurume) Japan at the Bay's house.

We made it across the Pacific in around a little over 10 hours (we arrived at Narita at 2:00pm, when our expected time was 3:00pm), and enjoyed bonding with our buddy Hank, who you'll be seeing more of during our trip. ;)

Once we went through Immigration, Baggage Claim, and Customs, and we managed to make it from Narita to Higashikurume without getting lost too much. We had a few very nice Japanese people who understood English and saw that we were out of place and lost. Praise the Lord! Stephen Bay picked us up from the station and it was so great seeing a familiar face in a new city!

Tomorrow we have a full day ahead of us. In the morning, we are attending two services that Stephen is speaking at IBF, eating lunch with the congregation, and then attending a worship/fellowship night at Shin-Akitsu Christ Church at night. It'll be a great day of meeting new people, hearing their stories, and seeing how the Lord is working in Japan.

For me personally, it's been surreal to be back in Japan. It's only been a few years, but I feel like it wasn't that long ago I was here. I'm excited to see what God is going to do in these upcoming days and what He's going to reveal to us.

Please pray that we would get lots of rest tonight, that we'd see the people that we meet the way that God does, and to continually have a servant's heart and mind.

Thank you for all your prayer and support! We'll try to keep you as updated as we can. :)