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Volunteering | Called to Japan
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Working in Ishinomaki and Onagawa. We regularly get requests for information about ways to volunteer in Tohoku. One thing to note is that at this phase of the recovery (early 2014), there are very few places in need of mudding out or debris clean-up. Japan was very quick and efficient with the initial clean-up after the tsunami and the situation here is in no way comparable to what it might have looked like in places like Haiti and the Philippines. Ishinomaki Christian Center strives. You are commenting ...
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Take a Shot: August 2013
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What's going on in Marisa-land. Thursday, August 29, 2013. I ditched you all a year ago in the middle of total mid-transit limbo! I eventually found my way from Phnom Penh, through Japan, and on to America, frozen temperature shocks and warm reunions awaited me in January, but not before a rocking dance party with my dad. My final semester of college consisted mainly of capstone courses, finishing up papers and preparation for HNGR chapel, (which was insanely awesome),. I’ve had a lot of fun going ...
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A Memoir of Persiflage: August 2013
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A Memoir of Persiflage. Monday, August 19, 2013. From August 14-16 I volunteered with three friends (from Kanazawa Baptist Church. In Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. This area was afflicted by the March 11, 2011 tsunami disaster. Here is a summary account of the experience. The partner organization of Grace Mission Tohoku (GMT). Told us that it was very rare to mud-out a house these days since it's already been two years since the tsunami. It took the owner this long to decide he wanted to rebuild. I wish...
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