easter and cherry blossoms

this past easter we joined together our two house churches and invited our japanese christian friends for a special easter celebration. there were 14 of us all together; 6 japanese christians, 7 of us m's, and a chinese christian. all the christians (besides us m's and one japanese guy) have been christians for less than one year, the most recent one being only a month ago! God is doing some amazing things here. this country has changed in just the 2 years that i've been here. i mean, at this time last year we didn't have any new christians that we were working with; just ones that we had been introduced to and now, people left and right are becoming christians. it's awesome!

something else that is awesome is the cherry blossoms this year. this is my last year to see them so i guess i'm taking them in as much as i can. here are some pictures from this year: