June 2011
8 posts
go big or go home!!
WOW. It’s been quite a week since I last updated. Time is literally flying and I cannot believe that we will be leaving Japan in less than two weeks now, and Nasu in just one. Summer heat and humidity have finally set in here and we have had several days over 30 C. I missed sweating!
Maybe you remember, but we had 37,000 jars of baby food and dozens of other pallets full of baby food...
a pair of shoes anybody?
It’s a humid night in Nasu. Today was 37 Celsius! Since Tuesday it suddenly became summer and the mosquitos have decided to come out and launch their attack, especially on Calvin ;)
This week has been consumed with warehouse stuff. Almost all day Tuesday was spent in the new warehouse making sample packages of all of the food we have, making phone calls to churches, other CRASH bases, and...
blessed beyond measure
It’s Monday night in Nasu, Japan, and Calvin and I just got back from my favorite onsen (hotsprings) here in Nasu, 那須山 (Nasuzan). We were at the old warehouse for several hours today doing inventory of dozens of boxes received from a church in Koriyama. After a lot of めんどくさい (bothersome) counting and sorting we finished just in time to come home to ハヤシライス (Hayashi Rice) made by our own Yuji...
a whirlwind of a week
It’s time to update again. The last several days have been packed from sunrise to sunset. Although I have been very busy, I have been very blessed by all that has happened and the different people I could meet.
Monday, Calvin and I went to Fukushima Big Pallette again with the Emotional Care team. We were only able to be there for a few hours. However, during those two hours, I talked with...
hand massage + bball + soccer = new friends
Today, Calvin and I went to an evacuation center in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture, about an hour away from our base. This evacuation center, Big Pallet, is the largest one in Japan, with 1200 people. Before people started moving to pre-fabricated homes nearby, there was over 2000 people. It was built as an exhibition hall.
I had little idea of what it was going to be like as you are not...
building bikes, cooking, phone calls, onsen!
Since I last wrote, I have been to Tokyo and back, and I up a mountain and back down. Friday, Calvin and I went down to see Taro graduate from high school. おめでとう太郎！While at CAJ (Christian Academy in Japan) for grad, I got to see some old classmates, friends, and teachers! Spent the night at Tyler’s house, one of my good friends from high school, then went back up to Nasu the next morning and...
no 茄 in 那須!
no nasu in Nasu! = no eggplant in Nasu! (the town Calvin and I are living in for 6 weeks) It’s a Japanese pun. We actually haven’t eaten any eggplant (nasu) since being in Nasu…very unfortunate.
We arrived in Nasu, Tochigi prefecture for the second time again on Tuesday night and we were welcomed with a wonderful meal of Risotto and vegetable soup. It was great to get back to...
May 2011
1 post
first post at 2AM
This is literally my first blog post in my entire life. Finally succumbing to peer pressure. I am currently in Japan doing my internship with CRASH. Me and my buddy Calvin are doing relief work in Nasu, Tochigi prefecture. Nasu has great hot springs and mountains and best of all, rusk!
I have been in Japan for two weeks already, but just starting this up now. We will be moving back up to Nasu...
