Ryan & Meghan Billings- Reply from Me

Hiya guys!
Thanks so much for the most excellent email and pictures!!! What a great surprise in my inbox. I have been trying my best to find some time to send out emails too. I did a couple of weeks ago and I've gotten many responses but there are still so many!!!
I'm especially glad that you sent us this email because we didn't have any info on you guys but we did have two pictures!! so I am sending this along to you.

Also, don't forget to check out picture blog and if you want to follow it - do it because it's gonna take me a little longer to get all the pictures up from our 3 week trip to Hawaii and the convention.

It was so nice to meet everyone, we totally need eternity to get to know everyone. And after studying today's Watchtower, well, we need to keep in touch with our brothers and sisters and let them know how much we love them and are there for them.

Please take care and keep in touch also!

XO
Philia Joanne & Atom

Ryan and Meghan Billings, Canada

Great email received today from Meghan and Ryan in Canada - awesome pictures too!!!






Hello brothers and sisters,
We wanted to say hi to anyone we met at the convention - what an amazing experience and brotherhood we all can share. Thank-you all for your generosity. Hope you all arrived home safe and are doing good. Here's some pictures of our home. Keep in touch :)
Warm Christian Love,
Ryan & Meghan Billings

Yoshikazu and Miyuki Tanaka - Kobe Japan - Reply

Aloha!

Thank you for your mail and pictures!!

It’s very nice experience for us to go to Hawaii,and meet all brothers at the convention.

And this week, the circuit overseer visit to our congregation.

We’re very glad to have a spiritually satisfying time!

If you want to come to Japan,please stay at our house.

Please Give our greetings to your congregation!

I’m very sorry but my English not good.

But I want to keep in touch with you.

With lots of Christian love,

Yoshikazu and Miyuki.

Written by Miyuki.

The Franklins - Georgia - Reply

Hi Joanne,

It's good to hear from you. I loved, loved, loved meeting everyone from all of the states & abroad. I'm just starting to get settled back in. Charlie & I were away from home for about two and a half weeks. I have laundry from Hawaii & our trip to Chicago. I'll be busy this weekend.

Sherlon's story...

Sherlon is 28yrs old. He grew up in the truth, but like many teens & young adults, he was lured into the world & it's materialistic lifestyle. Realizing something was missing in his life, he returned to Jehovah's organization. He began studying the bible & was baptized.

Sherlon has been married for two years now, and serves as a ministeral servant in his congregation. He says this scripture reminds him to continue to pursue righteous things, because the material things of value to the world will soon be gone, but the love of Jehovah is eternal.

Say hello to Atom & Philea and please stay in touch!

Agape love,

Tammy & Charlie

Teruakazu and Naoko Nishioka - Ehime-Pref Japan - Reply

Hello! Ｔhank you for your mail. I'm sorry to be late for my mail. Ｉ　ｗａｎｔ　ｔｏ　ｉｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｅ　ｍｙ　ｆａｍｉｌｙ． We are regular pioneers.　Ｓｏ　ｗｅ　ｕｓｕａｌｌｙ　ｓｈａｒｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｇｏｏｄ　Ｎｅｗｓ　ａｎｄ　ｂｅ　ｂｕｓｙ　．　Ｂｕｔ　　ｗｅ’ｒｅ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｈａｐｐｙ．　Ｊｅｈｏｖａｈ　ｇａｖｅ　ｕｓ　ａ　ｐｒｅｓｅｎｔ（Ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ　Ｃｏｎｖｅｎｔｉｏｎ．）Ｈｏｗ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｙｏｕ？Ｏｆ　ｃｏｕｒｓｅ　ｓａｍｅ　ｈｅｒｅ．　

There are four in　ｍｙ　ｆａｍｉｌｙ．Ｗｅ　ｈａｖｅ　ｔｗｏ　ｃｈｉｌｄｅｒｎ．Ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｙ’ｒｅ　　ｉｎｄｅｐｅｎｄｅｎｔ．

Ｍｙ　ｄａｕｇｈｔｅｒ　ｌｉｖｅｓ　ｉｎ　Ｏｓａｋａ　ａｓ　ａ　ｎｅｅｄｇｒｅａｔｅｒ．Ｎｏｗ　ｓｈｅ’ｓ　ａｔｔｅｎｄｉｎｇ　Ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ　Ｃｏｎｖｅｎｔｉｏｎ　ｉｎ　Ｓｏｕｔｈ　Ａｆｒｉｃａ　（Ｄｕｒｂａｎ）．Ｓｈｅ’ｓ　ａｌｓｏ　ｈａｐｐｙ．　Ａｎｄ　ｍｙ　ｓｏｎ　ｉｓ　ａｌｓｏ　ＪＷ．Ｈｅ　ｌｉｖｅｓ　ｉｎ　Ｍａｔｓｕｙａｍａ．　Ｈｏｗ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｆａｍｉｌｙ？　Ｉ　ｐｌａｎ　ｔｏ　ｓｅｎｄ　ａ　ｐｉｃｔｕｒｅ．　　　Ｓｅｅ　ｙｏｕ！　　Ｆｒｏｍ　Ｎａｏｋｏ　ａｎｄ　Ｔｅｒｕｋａｚｕ．

Ai Imanishi and Mariko Asakawa; Gujyo Japan - Reply

Dear Joanne and Atom

(^o^)☆Thank you for your mail! I'm very very glad to recieve and read your mail.
Last weekend we had　pioneer meeting　and circuit assemmbly. So we were very busy but very up building!!

I'm sorry about it my English is not good.But,I'd like to study and practice English.
And,sorry this email address is sell phone's.
So,I can't know how to send a picture from camera(*_*)
However,I'd like to be your friend☆o(^-^)o

Warm Christian Love,
★Mariko&Ai★

Hyerim Lijia Jeong - Korea - Reply

Thank you so much for sending me email!!!!

I'm having tough days here in Korea. I' m so sad about it after that wonderful days in Hawaii.

I tried to call you several times in the hotel but It didn't work. Maybe I did something wrong. So sorry!!

Want to turn back time. Then I would maked it more beautiful. It's just like a dream, meeting you and your husband and your doll and,,,

Thank you so much for the suggestion. I was sad I could't get the song book from you. But happily, I could get it soon after I got back to Korea.

But here's the thing. What is important is not that if I met you again, I could have got the song book. It is that I could have met you if I had tried. I could've had beautiful time.

Anyway the point is, that I miss you both!!

And I was really glad when I met you in Korean section. That was a nice surprise. Did someone tell you that where you set was right behind mine?

I want to know more about you. Please mail me back. We could encourage each other to keep up the good work.

O, and, Is there any way I can find a sister from Elmwood Park, Illinois? Is Elmwood Park a name of the congregation?

I met here in 4th day. I gave her the picture too, and she started crying and said that her son is 28 and he left the truth. I was so sorry for her.

She gave me her daughter's email address since she didn't have. AND,I lost it!!!!! I got so many name card at that time, manybe that's why, but this is nonsence. Sad, sad, sad.

What do you suggest?

Again, I wish we had met again.

And I was surprised to see Korean. Thank you so much! That was soooo lovely! It was,,,quite awkward, though. hahaha But it was soooo cute! I was so touched.

Thank you so much.

I'm sending you some pictures too.

And please send the picture to the two sister. They are in the same congregation with you, right?

Love, Hyerim Jeong.

Yusuke Kuwahata - Japan

Hello, my brothers and sisters.
An e-mail, thank you.

The International Convention that was able to meet brothers was a really splendid convention.
I felt the love of friends in the world.

Ｓｅｅ you in paradise！

I dispatch our kingdom Hall and photograph of the cat of my home.


May Jehovah bless you,
Love, your brother
Yusuke Kuwahata

(I hope you understand this message. I used google translate)

Today was a good day considering....

that there was snow on the ground to greet me.

Convention Pictures from Seoul Korea

This video was sent to me - it is not my video as I wasn't in attendance to the International in Seoul - but is quite heartwarming and brought tears to my eyes. Please enjoy!

Yumi Aoki

So I received the cutest email from Yumi Aoki and some pictures to share. She said that they are currently having a mild winter in Japan. We had snow here last night UHG!

I also received a reply from Ina - she is battling a wee cold after returning from the Hawaii. She said that the Rarotongo is quite humid and sticky. But hey, it's an island with beaches right??? She also had a link to a vacation rental - I'll have to email her and find out if belongs to her and her family ; http://www.kingsbeachvilla.com

Emails Emails and yet, more emails

So it has been almost 2 weeks since the International and I am just starting to go thru all the gifts that people gave me during those 3-1/2 whirlwind days! I am also trying to match up peoples cards with pictures I took with them. Kinda hard, I might say.

But I have been also sending emails to people as well - a total of 4 sent today - I even used Google Translate to send them in Japanese or Korean - who knows if they make any sense?!? we'll see!

Mayuko, Yumi , Ryuta and Eisuke Aoki - Kochi City Japan

Met this family outside the Hawaii Convention Center - on the way back to the condo - sweet family. They gave us a card with pictures of their Kingdom Hall and entire Congregation on it! Also, someone handmade a little shopping bag as a gift. Very sweet!

My email in Japanese!

真由子, 由美, 隆太, 英介, 青木

こんにちは！ハッピーハワイでお会いする。私は話していない、または日本語を書くが、翻訳プログラムはGoogleによって作成を使用しています。私はそれが良いことを望む。それはあなたを満たすためにオアフ島にエホバの人々の集まりで素晴らしかったです。私たちは一緒に撮った写真を送っています。もしあなたが英語を書く、私に連絡してください。

本公開買付けの愛情とが大好きです。

また、ご家族、英国のホールと集会の画像をいただき、ありがとうございました。してください彼らに私たちの愛を送る！