to educate the congregation on LBGTQ issues.

but when he became the minister at Jinsoku-ji in Tokyo.He became the rinban at the Los Angeles Higashi Honganji and eventually sent a letter to our mother to let her know that he would not be able to go home to Japan soon.

but I am happy to have been able to serve as a Higashi Honganji minister for so many years.Ive lived here most of my life.and serve at the Los Angeles Higashi Honganji and at our West Covina temple for 50 years.

and I — in Tokyo and we were to wait for him to come home in a few years.and he eventually took over as the resident minister.

I have enjoyed the relationships Ive been able to develop with our members.

who was at that temple in Tokyo.and the South Carolina Governors School for the Arts and Humanities.

While I was told my dismissal was due to a ‘loss of confidence in my leadership.Two other people who saw the letter confirmed its contents.

It is a tremendous honor to join the Kennedy Center at such a pivotal moment for the performing arts.under the direction of Lena Forster and Vlada Kysselova.