Hi, Happy New Year to you. We have started the New Year off running. It is cold here with ice on the car every morning. Our Honda would not start yesterday, so I had to jump it. I don’t know about tomorrow morning. I used to like to go skiing and other winter things, but I [...] Read more…
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Hi, It is getting colder here. We had our first frost this week and I am wearing sweaters sometimes. Winter is a good time here because we have little rain and there is no grass to cut!! The autumn leaves are looking good. The Icho or Ginko trees have beautiful yellow leaves, shaped like small fans. I [...] Read more… 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… 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… Hi, It is very warm here and the government has asked us all to conserve electricity. We are to turn our air conditioners to 84 degrees. When the humidity is in the 90% area, it is hard to turn it up that high. It may rain today, so that will help some. I heard it was [...] Read more… Hi, I know it has been a while, but again, we have been busy. Besides other things, Let’s Start Talking has been going on at Tomobe. Three young people from York College came this year for 3 weeks of LST and one week of other things. LST was short this year, as one team canceled. The [...] Read more… Hi, I just wanted to write to let you know we are still living. I have been very busy with all kinds of things. The earthquake and tsunami hit, then Uemori-san died. The church was giving the responsibility of the funeral. After that I have been going to the North to [...] Read more… Hi, It has been a while since I reported on what’s going on in the disaster area. I have been very busy. I just came back from a trip to Sendai. It was rather depressing, but a joy to see the church is working in that area. Joel Osborne took a group [...] Read more… |
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