Last Sunday we had the opportunity to do an ACC Sunday at the Evangelical Church of Aomori where we now attend when not away visiting other churches.  Luke spent a year at this church as a six-year-old when his parents were assigned to work there back in 1983.  There were a few teary eyes among the church matriarchs who remembered "Ruka-chan" sitting in the front pew next to his father when it was his father's turn to preach.

After Luke preached, we sat down to lunch and hosted "ACC Connect," a Q&A forum meant to open channels of communication between ACC and local congregations and to cultivate a sense of ownership among local believers.

Some of he Elderly Gentlemen in This Photo are Among those who Helped Build the Original Aomori Christian with Their Own Hands