I wanted to take a moment out of our vacation to briefly mention the McLains. Mike McLain and Tomoko Sato are Christian missionaries that live in the Ibaraki prefecture of Japan (where Hitachi is located). We met them four years ago when we did our short LST mission trip, but we didn’t really get the opportunity to get to know them until this trip.
Mike and Tomoko have three lovely daughters, Ana, Erika, and Kiara. They volunteered–on very short notice, mind you–to keep Samantha and me for a couple nights when we went to Hitachi to visit our brothers and sisters at the Taga church. We were so blessed to have this opportunity to get to know them better on this trip, and they really treated us like family. They were such a joy to be around, and we definitely feel like they were more of an encouragement to us than we were to them.
Thank you, Mike and Tomoko, for opening your home and hearts to us, and we give thanks to our Lord for the blessing you gave us through your company. God bless you and your family!
You two are more than welcome to come again. We enjoyed getting to know you guys better and look forward to the next time we meet. May God bless all of those you meet as much as you blessed us, and may he richly bless you, too!
Mike and Tomoko McLain