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| This critter was one a branch of our blackberry plant. As I was cutting the bushes back for the year, there it was. It's about 4 inches long, short and sparse hair; two black tufts near the head. Those sticks are part of the blackberry stem. I have no idea what this turns into. |
It was on a blackberry stem and I cut it off and put it on the deck. Overnight the critter moved to the blue pole which is a butterfly net and has stayed there. 
Carpet tile was put on the first floor  |
| Brothers Saeki (left) and Scott (right) helped with the Air Conditioning. The summer intern from Ambassador, Kyle, helped a lot while he was here. |
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| We took out the kitchen that was her and moved it upstairs. This is now a Restroom under the stairs |
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| Kyle removing the flooring on the second floor. Blue tile carpet was also put up here. |
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| This is the kitchen area on the second floor. |
Willow is now 7 months and such a cutie--always smiling it seems.  |
| Alora and Clarity turned 2 on August 3rd. Lots of curly hair and personality. |
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| One of Willow's captivating looks. |
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| Dad Joseph and his littlest one. |
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| Taking a dip in the back yard |
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| Arianna and mom Jewel |
Peter's family. Little Arianna looks so much like her dad. 
We took Teresa to the bus that goes to the Airport and said our goodbyes. Her flights are from Kansai to Korea, then to San Francisco, Finally getting to Houston at midnight Wednesday morning. It has been such a blessing to have her here this summer. She was a big help to us and the church by playing cello every service and doing the chalk art drawing for the children's meetings here and in Kato City. Teresa starts her 8th year teaching in Katy at the end of the month. :-) 
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| Mr. Mawatari giving the kids instructions and below demonstrating the foam ball shooter. |
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| Little Yuri tried throwing the rice bags in the hole |
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| This water balloon game is not like any in the USA. The object is to pick up a rubberband string attached to a balloon using a hook with a paper string attached. If it gets wet, the hook can't catch the balloon. |
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| You can just barely see the white outline of Jesus in the furnace with the three Hebrews (under the black light) After these activities everyone had hot dog and chips for lunch. We had passed out 5,000 flyers last week for this event and no new kids came. |
The lilies are blooming! 
Birthday Sunday for July. Both Fukamoto-san and Komi-san (in red) have birthdays on July 6th. We celebrate with cupcakes :-)  |
| Beautiful July sunset |
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| Looks sorta like a whale, but is a yellow zucchini from our garden |
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| This Asian Longhorn Beetle was sitting ever so nicely on our back deck, waiting for somebody to take its picture. So I obliged. |
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| We had a dedication service at Kato-shi on June 23. Most of our church people drove up there for the afternoon service. |
Group photo of those who attended. Teresa is here until August 6, and Kyle, on Henry's left, is here for 8 weeks as an intern. He wants to be a missionary in Japan. 
A few of the early construction days. Stuff everywhere! Wallpaper and unneeded walls were torn down. 
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| The kitchen sink was moved upstairs where we will have a small area to prepare meals. The shower room is on the other side of the wall there. A plumber has been hired to do that work. |
This is Kyle downstairs working on something the first day or two. Below he is upstairs sweeping before the sink got moved. He also helped move a "new" piano upstairs until the room is finished downstairs. 
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| This is James Scott and Saeki-sensei helping with wallpaper removed and other stuff. They are a big help. |
