賢は無事に２年間の伝道を終えました。
家族で広島伝道本部へ迎えに行きました。
当初親友のウエンディーの家族
夫婦と息子２人の４人も一緒に
行くはずでしたが
彼女の主人のデイビッドが
その５ヶ月ほど前に心臓発作を起こし
１２～３回目の手術を受けました。
ドクターは長い旅は無理と決断し
ウエンディーは泣いてあきらめました。
ところが息子のボーはあきらめきれず
１人でついてきました。
まず北九州について妹宅で２泊してから
賢を迎えに広島へ。
広島宮島を観光してから、
徳山の友人松重家族宅へ。
そちらで２泊させていただき東京へ。
東京では仲良しの稲垣姉妹、畦倉姉妹に
お世話になり１泊してから京都へ。
京都では３泊してから大分へ。
両親の家で少しゆっくりしてから
北九州に戻り親戚と会い
帰国しました。
１枚目は末日生徒イエス・キリスト教会
広島伝道部の本部で。
賢と同期のクリスチャンセン長老のご家族も
アメリカからお迎えに来ていました。
左端が伝道会長の屋冨祖会長と
右端が奥様。
２枚目は広島ドームの前で。
３枚目は宮島で。
賢が廿日市ワードの勤務中に
大変お世話になった 竹迫姉妹と。
４枚目は賢の最後の任地宇部支部で。
徳山で２泊させていただいた
松重家族に連れて行っていただきました。
賢の最後の同僚福田長老と
倉吉で同僚だったスレイター長老も一緒に。
５枚目は浅草で。
とってもお世話になった
稲垣姉妹と畦倉姉妹と一緒に。
ギルバートで仲良くしていたクリスティーの弟
キャメロンも来てくれました。
６枚目は京都太秦で。
賢は新撰組。
恵はお姫様。
ボーは宮本武蔵。
ボーは高校の時宮本武蔵について
レポートを書いたことがあります。
７枚目は金閣寺前で。
８枚目は清水寺で。
９枚目は二条城のお堀前で。
１０枚目は佐伯で。
父の遊漁船で。
１１枚目は佐伯で。
父の好きな中華料理のレストランで。
１２枚目は１万円ほどの花火。
１３枚目は５年生のときに
お世話になった松下先生が訪問してくれて。
１４枚目は佐伯最後の日に
伯母に別れの挨拶に行った時。
１５枚目は北九州で。
私の大好きな「赤提灯」で親戚一同と宴会。
Ken finished his mission on May 31st, 2008.
We decided to go to Japan to pick him up there.
We had a plan to go with my best friend's family.
My friend Wendy's husband had a heart attack about 5 months before that trip.
His doctor told them that he didn't have enough strength to go to on a long trip.
So Wendy cried a lot, and gave up the trip.
But her son Beau didn't give up.
He decided to come with us without his family.
First we got Kitakyushu, and stayed 2 nights at my sister's home.
Then we went to Hiroshima to meet Ken.
We went sightseeing in Hiroshima and Miyajima.
We stayed 2 nights at my friend Sister Matsushige's home in Tokuyama.
Then we went to Tokyo for 1 night.
My friends, Sister Inagaki and Sister Azekura helped us
to go sightseeing.
Then we went to visit Kyoto for 3 nights.
We went to Saiki where my parents live.
We stayed there for 3 nights and went back to Kitakyushu to
see my relatives. And came home.
The first picture was at Hiroshima Mission Office.
Elder Christensen who was in Ken's group was there.
His parents came from the US to pick him up, too.
The left is President Yafuso, and the right is Sister Yafuso.
The second picture was at Hiroshima dome.
The third picture was at Miyajima.
From Ken's first area Hatsukaichi ward,
Brother and Sister Takesako came to guide us.
The fourth picture was at Ube branch where Ken served last.
My friends Brother and Sister Matsushige took us there.
We stayed at their home for 2 nights.
The fifth picture was at Asakusa, Tokyo.
My friends Sister Inagaki, and Sister Azekura took us there.
They also got the hotel for us.
My friend Christy's brother Cameron came to visit us, too.
The sixth picture was at Uzumasa, Kyoto.
Ken became the member of Shinsengumi.
Kay was a princess.
And Beau became Miyamoto Musashi, the famous samurai.
Beau once wrote a report about him when he was in high school.
The seventh picture was at Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto.
The eighth picture was at Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto.
The ninth picture was at Nijojo Castle in Kyoto.
The tenth picture was on my father's fishing boat in Saiki.
The eleventh picture was at my father's favorite Chinese restaurant.
The twelfth picture was at my parents' home.
Ken and Beau spent about $100 for these fireworks.
The thirteenth picture was when Mrs. Matsushita
and her daughter Eri came to visit us.
She was Ken and Kay's 5th grade teacher.
The fourteenth picture was at my aunt's home on the last day in Saiki.
We went there to say goodbye to her and her husband.
The fifteenth picture was at my favorite restaurant
"Akachouchin" in Kitakyushu.
My relatives got together to say goodbye to us.
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