More than twelve months have passed since we said farewell to Notre Dame SeishinJunior College.

I hope that thoughts of your days as a student will always be greeted with gratitude and appreciation for the experience you had at Notre Dame Seishin CoIlege.

　In my own life, another season of farewell was triggered when l decided to return to the United States to live.  Throughout the 13 years and 10 months that l have spent living in Hiroshima, l have wondered  if I should return to the States.  l would like to give you an account of how l believe God has guided me in making this decision.

　In the Gospel of Luke 8:26-39， there is an account of Jesus healing a man who was possessed by many demons. The man was so grateful for what Jesus did for him that he wanted to spend his time following Jesus.  Instead of allowing the man to stay with Him， scriptures reveal that Jesus instructed the man to do the following. “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

　0n October 12th of 2003， God spoke to me using this scripture.  As I sat in a Sunday worship service and listened to the verses of this experience being read, the Holy Spirit illuminated verse 39 in my heart and made God's instruction to me very clear.  “Return home and tell how much God has done for you."

　With the understanding that God personalized that scripture and spoke directly to me, I decided to move back to the United States in June of 2004.