Jake’s grandma and her sister came over from Japan where they started their family here. Jake’s grandpa met her in Japan while serving after the war and they came back together. I love family history work and it has been a struggle being able to find information. I’ve tried since we got married with no progress. Well a month ago after spending countless hours going through paperwork I was able to find his grandmas naturalization application to the United States where it had so much information on it! I was ecstatic. It is so cool to see that document and have a little more of her story. With permission and approval we headed to the temple and Emma got to get baptized for her by Jake. It was a beautiful moment filled with the spirit. We are so blessed to be members of the church and be in the temple so much more as we have done the work for close family members; Fusae and Kazuko and others on Jake’s side. Benjamin got to be baptized for members in the Bierstedt line, including Jake’s great grandpa. I have a friend in Japan doing research for me to be able to get more family documents, I’m so excited and definitely taking after my grandma loving this family history. A lot of my families work goes back really far since so much is done. With Jake’s family we can’t wait to continue going so we can get this work done as we have opened up these lines.
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