{"id":981,"date":"2013-05-13T08:08:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/?p=981"},"modified":"2013-05-29T16:56:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T22:56:08","slug":"back-in-tohoku-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/back-in-tohoku-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in Tohoku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been ten months since my last trip to Tohoku. Every time I return to the 3.11 disaster zone my heart grieves again, and yet each time there is so much that has changed since the last visit. Today was a travel day with stops in Kesennuma and Rikuzen-Takata before arriving in Ofunato where we will be spending the next few days. Our team of volunteers have come from the Seattle First Covenant Church and most are people I&#8217;ve known for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>We left Tokyo at 6:45AM and were at Jay and Ellen Haworth&#8217;s house by a little after 8:00. They had prepared a wonderful breakfast for the entire team before heading north.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_982\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03943.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[981]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-982\" class=\"size-full wp-image-982\" alt=\"Gourmet Breakfast at the Haworths\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03943.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03943.jpg 900w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03943-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03943-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03943-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gourmet Breakfast at the Haworths<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The next several hours were spent on the road and by 1:30PM we were in Ichinoseki where we stopped for lunch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_983\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03944.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[981]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-983\" class=\"size-full wp-image-983\" alt=\"Lunch in Ichinoseki\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03944.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03944.jpg 900w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03944-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03944-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03944-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunch in Ichinoseki<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>By mid-afternoon we were on the coast in Kesennuma. We visited the Kesennuma 1st Bible Baptist Church which was completely destroyed by the tsunami, then drove by the harbor where fires burned out of control for two days following the tsunami.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbase.com\/revdocjim\/image\/150194487\/original.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[981]\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1032\" alt=\"DSC03945\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03945.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03945.jpg 900w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03945-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03945-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/05\/DSC03945-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuing north, we were soon in Rikuzen Takata where we stopped briefly. 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