Finally Getting Answers about Allen's Pain

Hello Everyone,

Sorry again that it's been a long time. Hope you all are having a good year so far. We're enjoying starting up a new school year, which starts in April for Japan. A lot of changes happen in March and April. People get switched to different positions in their jobs, including teachers. Teachers may not know if they'll be at a different school even until the beginning of April. It's kind of chaotic, but it's how they do things here. I've asked some teachers if they wish they could stay at the same school for many years with the same grade, but they replied, "no." They just have a different way.

So, we found out like a month ago that Allen has a tumor and that's what's been causing his pain in his lower back for the last 6 years or so. After the biopsy, we still haven't found out the final results. The doctor has even had a conference with other doctors. It's been a difficult thing to figure out. We have a lot of hope and confidence that it's benign. We'll find out hopefully next week. We'll update our blog again as soon as we find out what the doctor says.

Please pray for us and for the doctors.

Love you all.

Love,

Allen and Laura
P.S. We picked up the new AETs last night. Eleven AETs went back to America and now we have 10 new ones and 1 more coming in June. Laura's mom is still here until June to help cover for the AET who doesn't get here until then. Lots of changes happening, keeping us busy and on our toes, but God is good and things are working out well and we are staying positive. :)