Monday the 28th

Very interesting trip north.    The closer we got to Iwaki the more we noticed the roads with dips and rises.  The van being heavily loaded bottomed out a few times on some of the bumps. 
We were able to drop off some fruit and rice at Iwaki.  They had just received a donation from CRASH, from Samaritans Purse, but had no fresh fruit and were very grateful . 
Driving from the toll road in Sendai out to Shiogama we were able to see some of the the aftermath of the Tsunami.  There is still a great deal of cleanup to be done.  We were able to offload  much of the goods we brought for the Shiogama.  We’ll be delivering the school supplies directly to the school with the pastor either tomorrow or the next day.

Starting Tuesday we will be working from 9-12 then from 12:30-3.  We’ll be going out with groups Japanese believers who are volunteering from different churches and going out to help individual families in the area with whatever they need.   Pray that we and our Japanese brothers will have opportunities to share God’s hope and truth.

We are staying at my brother’s cabin at Takayama.  We have electricity but no water.  The most devastation we saw was in the neighborhood right by the beach.  Almost the whole neighborhood is missing.