This is all footage from my good friend Kaylah. She compiled it all into this short video.
[video=youtube;uPy4ZtgA60I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPy4ZtgA60I&feature=youtu.be[/video]
This video is put together by another friend Allen. Our team was split into two smaller groups. One group went to Kesennuma while my group went to Sendai. Needless to say this is what they saw in Kesennuma
[video=youtube;b4JIzp3wuxE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4JIzp3wuxE&feature=related[/video]
The reason you see the larger girl so much in the first video is because she was an inspiration to most of our team. She had been plagued with health problems almost the entire trip and I saved her life on one occasion. We both share the same problem with Asthma and her inhaler and gotten lost and without it she would have fallen into anaphylactic shock. Even through all the health problems though she continued to play Ukulele everyday for us.
Anyway this trip meant a lot to me. I just thought you would like to see a taste of what it was like over there.
By the way, at about the 1:58 minute mark on the first video you can see me. I am the one with my hand over my face. :v:
What did yall get accomplished while there?
I know a group that goes to cambodia every year for various releif mission trips. I want to go as soon as i can take the adequate amount of time off from work.
I know my team personally was split into three even smaller groups. My own group ended up completely clearing out the front year for this lady. That included an entire car that we pushed through where her old back gate used to be.
We also organized the entire warehouse of theirs that had been totally swamped with water. We also cleaned out what used to be a pharmacy store, the entire family had died and in their will it had stated they wanted the building to go to the church. We ended up demolishing most of the interior and refitting it with new stuff. It opened as a coffee/tea shop at very low prices for people around the area. It was the very first store to open for a few miles.
We also met this guy. Mr. Sugiyama, he had shimmied him self up a shower curtain and wooden pole in his house when he saw the tsunami coming. He had nothing but his nose above water for about two hours until the water started to recede. He's 87 years old. :v:
EDIT: We were only there for a month by the way.
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