We have heard remarkable stories of the resiliency of the local survivors here in Ishinomaki. Yesterday our team cleared out a small section of property belonging to a 14th generation survivor of the Kimura clan in the small town of Onagawa. This elderly man and his wife and daughter asked Eric Takamoto for assistance to clean debris from a plot of land that was devastated after the great tsunami of 2011. Our team found fishing poles, nets, pottery shards (which we salvaged for the Nozomi Project), a small bear, household items and other assorted rubble underneath layers of dirt. This gentle man and his family were the only ones whose home was left standing out of 30 homes. More importantly they all survived. Megumi Sensei said a beautiful prayer to bless the family with Jesus' comfort and freedom from worry. We pray that one day they will give their lives to our Savior who protected them.
Today all the team members participated in cleaning the broken shards and pieces of pottery used in the Nozomi Project. Several survivors of the tsunami gather together under the direction of the founder, Sue Takamoto (Eric's wife and missionary partner) to create jewelry from the pieces collected from debris and rubble in the local areas. These women find "Nozomi" or "hope" as they make a living from restoring these broken fragments into new objects of beauty. Their lives are transformed, just like our Lord Jesus does for us when we offer our "broken ness" to Him. For more information on the Nozomi Project, please see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqcKje6do3I&noredirect=1
We give thanks to our precious Savior for His grace during these past 2 weeks. We look forward to sharing our experiences with you. Thank you again for your abundant love and support for the CBC Japan Team 1 and His children in Japan.
Patti (our fine leader) is on the
2nd story of the Kimura home. Note the line across the shoji sliding panels. This is the line marking where the tsunami water stopped!
The women of the Nozomi Project working on creating jewelry
A cross decorated with broken pieces of pottery
Some completed pendants waiting to be purchased
Our Denise and Lucille designing some new pieces
Yay for our men - Mike, Mark and Russell
Cyndy cleaning the broken pieces found in the local area
Patti (our fine leader) is on the 2nd story of the Kimura home. Note the line across the shoji sliding panels. This is the line marking where the tsunami water stopped!
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