On Thursday (Nov 10, 2011) the Park Avenue church group worked with another group in the Onagawa area of Ishinomaki. This was a very had hit area which we toured the previous Monday. Funneled into a narrow valley, the tsunami wave reached extreme heights and strength. Two and three story buildings were up rooted from their foundations [...] Read more…
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On our second day of relief work, we helped repair a house which is being used as a headquarters for some relief efforts in the area. The house was damaged by the tsunami when five feet of water came into it. Many repairs had already be made. We had three tasks given to us. The one [...] Read more… On November 8 (Tue) a group from the Mito and Park Avenue churches worked together to feed over 100 people who are living in temporary housing following the earthquake and tsunami of March 11. In various parts of the town of Ishinomaki are temporary housing. These are generally 2-3 rooms with a kitchen, bath, and toilet. [...] Read more… The Park Avenue church group joined with the Mito church group to do work in the Ishinomaki area. We lodged in the church building of the Sendai church of Christ. This is used as a staging area for supplies as well as lodging for groups which come up to help. Our first day together accomplished two [...] Read more… Saturday, Sunday – September 17-18 Ladies' Class with Ochanomizu church Our sixth Sunday in Japan was spent with the Ochanomizu church. The Saturday before Josephine had a ladies class discussing the topic of “The Twilight Years.” She also had a larger class on Sunday afternoon discussing “Christian Maturity.” Josephine writes her lessons out and gives them to [...] Read more… Wednesday-Thursday, August 24-25 Bible class with the Ochanomizu congregation This year we did four classes with the Ochanomizu church on Wednesday evenings and the Tachikawa church on Thursday mornings. The theme this year was “The Bible Story and Me.” The first three lessons were an overview of the Bible by dividing it into three historical periods. The [...] Read more… Sunday-Tuesday, August 21-23 Disaster relief group, August 22 During this trip I wanted very much to get into the Tohoku area to see the devastation and to help with some of the relief work. I had to coordinate my schedule with the schedule of those going to help. That opportunity came on Monday, August 22. I headed [...] Read more… Our journey this year started with a delay. The flight from Memphis to Dallas was delayed because they needed to change a tire. In the process the jack broke. We got off the plane in order to lighten it so they could get the jack out. That worked. With that fixed we left over two hours [...] Read more… Plans have been made for our trip to Japan for 2011. Included in this trip will be attendance at the Asian Missions Forum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and a visit to the Hayes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We leave Memphis Monday, July 25, for Japan. We will settle our things at the dorm in Tachikawa before [...] Read more… [ November 7, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Phil McMillion and Dwight Albright will report on the status of the work in Japan at the evening assembly November 7. Dwight and Josephine Albright spent nine Sundays in Japan and Phil McMillion was there for two of those. Read more… |
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