The last two months have been extrodinarily busy, but that’s no excuse. I should have been posting here more often, and I intend to be back posting regularly from here on out. For now though, I figured I’d best give you all a recap on what’s been happening the last two months.
A few weeks after getting engaged in May, Tomo finished her last quarter at UCI, and went to stay at my parents house for a month before returning to Japan. This was pretty nice, as I got to see her almost everyday before we’d be apart for 5 months after she went back to Japan. I also kept busy leading a high school Bible study on Thursday nights and a college Bible study on Tuesday nights.
June started getting a little hectic as my brother’s wedding approached. Jon was in Japan until a week before the big day, leaving most of the preperation to us, so I had a good time making phone calls, organizing tuxedo rentals, and doing whatever else was needed. Also, as some of you may know, Tomo is the little sister of Jon’s wife. We both became good friends with Tomo, Maki (Jon’s wife) and their parents over the years, so it was exciting that they were all going to be staying here for a week or so.
The wedding turned out beautifully, surpisingly so, thanks to much help from friends and family. With all the last minute preperations I sort of figured more would have gone wrong, this being a Robison wedding and all, but it all came together. The only thing that was noticably flawed was our lack of exit strategy for the bride and groom, who got stuck being the last ones at their own reception.
The next week was spent haning out with Tomo and her family, who decided to take advantage of being in California by taking a week of vacation after the wedding. And I started packing up all my things, getting ready to move back into my parents house once Tomo went back to Japan. First Tomo’s family flew home, then Jon and Maki returned from their honeymoon, and after spending one last day with us, they flew back to Japan, and a few days later, Tomo left as well.
It was pretty rough saying good bye to her, knowing that I wasn’t going to see her again till December, when I’m planning on participating in the same Jesus Film trip I’ve been a part of for the last four years. However this couldn’t really be avoided. We both had things we needed to do before we could get married; she had to finish her last year of school in Japan, and I had to raise a lot of support here in America.
So that brings us roughly up to date. I’m here, and she’s over there, and we’ve both got a lot to do. For me I’ve got to get back to support raising. The last two months I’ve only done a minimal ammount of that, and now it’s time to start a concentrated effort. I’ll keep you posted on my plans for doing that as I go along, but this post is getting a bit longwinded. So I’ll just give you step 1: Prayer. I’m going to spend more time in prayer myself, and I’m going to try to get as many people praying as possible.