1.0Serve Globally Bloghttp://blogs.covchurch.org/servegloballyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hxGiPu0d7g"><a href="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/05/02/surviving-and-finding-new-life/">Surviving and Finding New Life</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/05/02/surviving-and-finding-new-life/embed/#?secret=hxGiPu0d7g" width="600" height="338" title="“Surviving and Finding New Life” — Serve Globally Blog" data-secret="hxGiPu0d7g" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> This story about “Mia”, a tsunami survivor, has come from our missionaries serving in Japan, Stephen and Soo Bay.  Her name has been changed and her photo omitted to protect Mia who has been persecuted (beaten; two ribs broken) for her faith. She was on the balcony of her second-floor apartment when the flood waters rushed in, all the way up to the ceiling. She cleaved to a post for dear life until the waters subsided, then collapsed from exhaustion afterwards and lay unconscious for hours. Mia was later rescued by firefighters and taken to the hospital. Her home destroyed, she was relocated to a cramped temporary housing unit, where she has lived for over three years now. Lina, one of the Ofunato base staffers, would visit her every now and then, and in December 2013, Mia professed her faith in Christ! No one expected this, as she hadn’t seemed very interested in matters of faith. (Lesson learned: don’t judge a person based on outside appearance.) Report This Posthttp://blogs.covchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2014/05/japan_tsunami_wg-300x166.jpg