Things are moving forward here for my trip to Japan. My ticket is purchased and my departure date is May 3rd. We have 10 weeks to get things in order here, it seems like such a long time to me, but the ladies in the office are still pretty concerned about my time away. Please keep them in your prayers. We started having weekly meetings two weeks ago so we have a time to address their fears, training process, and give them all a time together to discuss things that will aid in this whole process. I feel that so far the meetings have been fruitful and when we have had the opportunity to train they are picking things up pretty quickly.

In the next week or so, I should receive my teaching schedule for my time in Japan, it sounds like it is going to be a lot, but Mike and Barbara are confident that I will be able to handle it. For those of you who have been concerned about immunizations, I have finally checked into this and I am not in need of any :) I learned that I do need to get an international driver's license which I am told can be obtained pretty easily through AAA.

Sorry this sounds so businesslike...life has been incredibly busy, absolutely crazy to tell you the truth...but I wanted to get an update out to all that are checking up on me here. Thank you for all your prayers and encouragement, I am very grateful.