Some of you had heard that all three of us were back in the US for Beth’s wedding in late June.  Our daughter Elizabeth was radiantly beautiful, just like a princess.   The wedding was Christ-centered and great fun.  The wedding exalted God’s perfect plan for marriage.  Thanks for praying.  God answered.

Our Beth is now Mrs. Dustin Melancen.  The newlyweds had a great honeymoon and are settling in very well in Rockford, Illinois.  Beth will be back at school this fall.  Dustin is busy building bridges and roads as a construction engineer.

Other summer news:

• Elaine had two pre-evangelism outreaches for women on our patio this summer.
• John’s doctoral project proposal was accepted and he is now officially a doctoral candidate. 
• Elaine had a family reunion after 15 years with her two brothers and one sister.
• John got to hang out with his mom and two sisters several times. 
• Tim has been dabbling in studying written Japanese.
• We are keeping up with relationships with our Japanese friends and contacts.
• We worked at several home projects completing our second backyard patio (please drop by).
• At one Japanese church John preached on unity right after they had an interpersonal conflict of which he was totally unaware (A God thing!). 
• Elaine had a great LeadNet meeting with the women in Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture.
• John tried out his new rubber boat while we were tent camping this summer.
• We are all trying to keep from melting in the sweltering Tokyo summer.

John and Elaine Mehn

Converge Worldwide workers in Japan