Still Standing

Basically I can't believe it's been more then 2 months since I last wrote. Instead of my telling you all that happened after the earthquake with relief work, I'll let my pictures speak for themselves.

One of the hallways at the school, stuffed full of donations to be taken up north. It was incredible how much was donated!!!

Sorting through all the donations.

Organizing, sorting and sometimes even pitching donations.

There were some pretty wacky stuff donated!!

                      

Making onigiri (rice balls) to send up north for the refugees.
So easy to make, and very filling!!

Onigiri. In about a week we'd made a couple 1000 of these guys!!

Bottled water!! Another answer to prayer.

        

Fuel!! Huge answer to prayer. Don't realize how much we rely on  things like gas and kerosine till you can't just get it.....

                                                                                                                                                                   It was very cool getting to help with the relief work. Feeling like I was on the ground work of something much bigger then myself. Which obviously is true, but.....

A lot of people from America came to help during the first couple weeks. Mostly people that had been here before as missionaries. So it was pretty exciting getting to actually meet the people that everyone always talked about. I struggled though with feeling resentment toward them. They were going to get to go up north and help out, and I couldn't (because I'm a girl) and they hadn't even been here during the earthquake!!!! After my mother and a 15 year old mk explained to me, or reminded me that they were instruments in the Creator's hands and God had brought them here for a purpose and I needed to respect them for that.... it was cool!!

Yeah, so it wasn't just work all the time.

Mary. One of the 10th graders at the school
as well as mk (missionary kid).

NINJA'S!! Oh something weird like that....
Micah and Hannah, 11th graders at the school, also mk's.

ICE CREAM RUN!!!

But don't worry, we're masked up,

so we wont get radiated. :)

Hannah and Jes

I also got to do some babysitting. 

Huddy, 2 years old

Huddy's big brother, Liam, 3 

Amid all the bad that was happening around us, spring didn't forget to come to Japan.