In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:As Sakuragi is reading the letter , he finds Rukawa training in the beach as he joined the All Japan training camp . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Sakuragi is still in rehabilitation in order to heal his spine so he can continue playing basketball .
meanwhile