providence

i got home today from a retreat w/ Eikou church. i’m glad for all the people i’ve been able to meet over the past few months. met some really encouraging people, and it was nice to be around families. i barely made it home though. i almost fell asleep on the road. i got home and collapsed in my bed around two, and i woke up at 1130. i was drained. so please pray for God to strengthen my body.

i’m attaching an email from a japanese businessman who i randomly met a few weeks ago by the providence of God. i just checked my inbox and received it, a huge encouragement to me in the midst of this support raising period.

Dear Hiroshi
We hope everything is fine with you.
It has been about two weeks since we met you. Time flies fast !
It was really wonderful for us to meet and talk with you a lot in
spite of a short of period time. If it were not for my wife’s request
that she’d like to have a cup of coffee at that Starbucks shop, there wouldn’t be an unexpected encouter with you. And we were also surprised to know you’ve visited Japan before and you’ve stayed at the place (Musashisakai) we’re very familiar with ! 
Now we understand you have a dream to engage in mission work in Japan and try to meet people in more easier way which is different from that of Japanese, open to everyone.
We do hope your dream will come true. You can do that in the very near future ! 
We’re back in Japan safe and sound with a lot of good memories
during our stay in the US. We’re still suffering from jet lag a little, but we’ll adjust to everyday life.
Finally we really hope we’ll be able to see you again in Seattle or Japan in the near future ! We’ll be in touch with you. Please take care of yourself.
And please don’t forget learning Japanese in order to talk with  Japanese people and my wife who never try to study English !
P.S. Attached is the picture of us at the Starbucks coffee shop.
Best wishes,
Toshiko and Yutaka Iikura