{"id":1516,"date":"2011-03-31T14:38:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T18:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2011-03-31T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T18:38:31","slug":"reflections-on-ministering-to-japanese-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2011\/03\/reflections-on-ministering-to-japanese-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Ministering to Japanese in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO, JAPAN (March 31, 2011) \u2013 Evangelical Covenant Church missionaries in Japan say helping others reflect biblically on the disaster has been important for their own lives even as they work through obstacles to relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/tajohnson\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/tajohnson\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/tajohnson\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2011\/03\/Japan-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/>Andrea Johnson says her sermon last Sunday was as much for her as the congregation in Isesaki, Gunma. The lectionary text happened to be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+17&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Exodus 17<\/a>, which recounts the Hebrew people\u2019s need for water in the desert. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/news\/2011\/03\/31\/reflections-on-ministering-to-japanese-in-need\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=1516&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO, JAPAN (March 31, 2011) \u2013 Evangelical Covenant Church missionaries in Japan say helping others reflect biblically on the disaster has been important for their own lives even as they work through obstacles to relief efforts. 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