So I thought that just for fun, I'd revive this blog for my trip to Japan, and maybe afterward. Not sure if anyone will be interested, but it will be for my own memories if nothing else. I had tinkered with it a few years ago, and now just seemed like a good time to resurrect it.

So two weeks from today, I leave for Tokyo, Japan to receive my Dharma Teacher status with Rissho Kosei Kai. The travel is all arranged and paid for, accommodation along the way all set, and even some new clothes bought for the trip. It will be my first time in a truly foreign country. (Canada hardly counts as foreign.)

 I have always loved to travel, and the Church has given me opportunities to see places I only dreamed of, like Hawaii and New York City. It's still not quite real to me that I will be on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, in a land so different from home. But I will be among friends, and so am looking forward to the adventure this truly is. Wish me luck!!