{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Serve Globally Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally","title":"On Solid Ground - Serve Globally Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y06MLkDJTP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/03\/14\/on-solid-ground\/\">On Solid Ground<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/03\/14\/on-solid-ground\/embed\/#?secret=Y06MLkDJTP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;On Solid Ground&#8221; &#8212; Serve Globally Blog\" data-secret=\"Y06MLkDJTP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Jim Peterson, Covenant missionary to Japan. This article was taken from Jim and Hydi Peterson&#8217;s blog, which can be found here Seismological data would show that the ground around Japan is almost always rumbling, even if ever so slightly. But it only gets strong enough for us to feel every once in a while. I felt the earth begin to move on Wednesday (Ash Wednesday) just before noon. It was just a feint tremor, but sitting at my desk I could feel it. And what caught my attention was that it was long. It seemed like it went on for well over a minute. I turned on the T.V. and learned that the epicenter was up north, a ways off the Pacific coast. Tsunami warnings began to blink in the bottom corner of the screen on every channel. Several channels switched to live coverage of coastal areas. This sort of thing is actually quite common here as Japan has one of the world\u2019s best tsunami warning systems. The tsunami alert was predicting waves of up to 50cm in several locations, all well north of Tokyo. In the end a few locations did actually get measurable tsunamis but they didn\u2019t [&hellip;]"}