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By Jim Peterson, Covenant missionary to Japan<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Today was another day of stark contrasts. \u00a0We got up early and were treated to a great breakfast by our friends at the Morioka Minami Church. They are so friendly and seem genuinely happy to have guests. Pastor Otsuka showed us a brief presentation on the work of the 3.11 Iwate Church Network in some of the hardest hit areas. We then said our goodbyes and headed east for Miyako City. That two hour drive is one of the most scenic I have ever done in Japan. The mountains, the river, the farms, and the many colors of blossoming trees were absolutely beautiful!<\/p>\n

We got to the base camp in Miyako around 9:45AM and Pastor Shimizu, Curt and Gary were eager to finally see this facility about which they\u2019ve heard so much. There were volunteers from the Japan Covenant as well as several others from different groups, all working together.\u00a0 Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n

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By Jim Peterson, Covenant missionary to Japan Today was another day of stark contrasts. \u00a0We got up early and were treated to a great breakfast by our friends at the Morioka Minami Church. They are so friendly and seem genuinely happy to have guests. Pastor Otsuka showed us a brief presentation on the work of the 3.11 Iwate Church Network in some of the hardest hit areas. We then said our goodbyes and headed east for Miyako City. That two hour drive is one of the most scenic I have ever done in Japan. The mountains, the river, the farms, and the many colors of blossoming trees were absolutely beautiful! We got to the base camp in Miyako around 9:45AM and Pastor Shimizu, Curt and Gary were eager to finally see this facility about which they\u2019ve heard so much. There were volunteers from the Japan Covenant as well as several others from different groups, all working together.\u00a0 Continue Reading Report This Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[67,29],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-japan","tag-missionary"],"yoast_head":"\nDeath that Leads to Life - Serve Globally Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/05\/death-that-leads-to-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Death that Leads to Life - Serve Globally Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jim Peterson, Covenant missionary to Japan Today was another day of stark contrasts. \u00a0We got up early and were treated to a great breakfast by our friends at the Morioka Minami Church. 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