{"id":2258,"date":"2011-12-14T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2011-12-14T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T21:00:52","slug":"updates-from-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2011\/12\/updates-from-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Carlson has had some great blogs from recent relief efforts in Japan. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from their <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/carlson\/?p=156\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">After my time in October helping out in the tsunami areas of the Pacific coast of Iwate prefecture, I was eager to get back and help once again. \u00a0The week of November 28-December 2 gave me that chance. \u00a0This time I went with Matt Williams. \u00a0Matt is 25, and is from Redeemer Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN \u2013 one of our faithful supporting churches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2011\/12\/IMG_2026-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Matt and I left early on the morning of Monday the 28th, and took the same route I travelled when I went up in October. \u00a0We left the Tohoku express highway in Ichinoseki, and went due east to the coastal city of Kesennuma. \u00a0From there we worked our way north up the coast to the city of Miyako. \u00a0Since I had been there before, it was good to see it through Matt\u2019s eyes, as he was looking on the devastation for the first time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can read more on the Carlson&#8217;s blog <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=2258&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Carlson has had some great blogs from recent relief efforts in Japan. 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