Gary and the missionaries ready for our instructions for the day of service
Sisters Beaven and Yoshida
Elders Watanabe and Robbins and Sisters Sumikawa,Sato, Yoshida & Beaven
Untangling rope. (This is even worse than untangling christmas lights)It rained hard today and we didn't get pictures of the huge pile of shell sorting that we did and also filling bags with gravel that will act as weights for the oyster ropes in the ocean.
Taking a lunch break. We took a sack lunch for the missionaries to eat. 
Lunch breakThe volunteer center sent us to the same spot again this week to a little fishing village north of Ishinomaki called Kobichihama. These pictures were taken from the bus but they are typical of what we saw in the area.
Boats overturned and houses still floating in the bay 
See the boat in the back yard of this home
Houses gone or barely standing
Along the water front
A destroyed neighborhood.
So many homes and were destroyed.
Rubble piled high.
Thanks for posting some new pictures. Were these taken with your new camera? They seem to be.
ReplyDeleteWow. I can't even imagine the hopelessness and despair that must be felt by the residents of these areas. I'm happy you can be a bright spot in their day.