After arriving at the 3.11 Iwate Church Network base camp the night before, we spent Saturday in Ofunato working at a one day event called “Summer Festival”. The base camp is a medium sized home that suffered significant tsunami damage …
Archive for June, 2012
Newsong, on the move!
I missed a day so I’ll begin with yesterday. We had another busy day of working on the same house. The owners were gone in the morning but returned after lunch so we were able to connect with them again. …
Old Stories and New Stories
Today we worked on a house in the town of Minamisanriku. It was a beautiful home in an idylic location. On March 11, 2011 the owners felt the earthquake, heard the tsunami warning sirens and even though their house sat …
Singing a Newsong
“Sing to the Lord a new song”
That’s a pretty familiar phrase from scripture and yet we often seem more attracted to the idea of singing a “familiar song” or singing a “favorite song” than going to the trouble …
