OK I think it’s Tuesday already. It was my turn to write something yesterday… Oh well. Here goes a day late update!
Saturday we had our US reception! David’s mom, Kathy, handled everything to put it all together, and all David and I had to do was to show up on time! (and bring a slide show of the wedding in Japan, which we forgot…) It was at David’s aunt’s church in Huntington Beach, and so many people helped with decorations and food and everything, it was just amazing. I loved the pink and brown and Origami flowers and cherry blossoms. David’s brother Daniel was the MC and DJ, and we had food, music, cake, bouquet and boutnier toss, dance.. all sorts of wedding fun 🙂 I enjoyed watching people dance. I also got to meet a lot of David’s friends and family that I had never met before.
I like how everything is not so formal in America and how it’s primarily about having a good time and not so much about what we’re supposed to do. I mean, I like the Japanese way too, it can be kind of fun sometimes trying to figure out all the invisible rules and “read the air”. I enjoy observing the differences between the two cultures.
Now, weekend’s over and we’re back to business. Today we have college and career Bible study. We are finishing up Ecclesiastes today. It’s a very interesting book. And tomorrow I’ll go get another shot, which will complete my whole immigration package…. finally. But this is not quite the end. I’ll have to wait for months for my conditional green card to come, and then in two years I’m supposed to go through a lot of paperwork again to lift the condition and get a regular green card, which is good for 10 years. This is because there have been so many abuses of the spouse status and now the immigration people are very suspicious of newly-wed, foreign wives asking for a green card. So my immigration saga must go on…
Anyways, I read this this morning.
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 4:20-21
Amen!