{"id":3545,"date":"2012-08-03T07:55:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T12:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=3545"},"modified":"2012-09-11T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T16:56:57","slug":"working-together-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/08\/working-together-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Together in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/jehaworth\/\">Jay Haworth<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<em>Covenant missionary to Japan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On June 24, a group of 10 young adults from two campuses of the Newsong Church in Southern California came to assist the Japan Covenant Church in disaster relief efforts. I joined the team for a few days to help with transportation and was deeply touched by their enthusiasm and faith. What prompts young professionals to take personal vacation time, pay their own way to travel to a foreign country and do something they\u2019ve never done before for people who don\u2019t even speak their language? The concept of \u201csurrender to God and faith that He will provide\u201d was clearly evident in the team as they sought to serve. 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