7/5: Friday - Ishinomaki

As we get ready for the big Gospel Music Festival tomorrow, we spent this day doing lots of preparation.  We're teaming up with Miki who runs a coffee shop in Onagawa, and is planning two booths to sell hotdogs, fruit cups, dessert cups, coffee (hot and cold) and bubble tea.  

Meanwhile, another team stopped by to help clean and prepare pottery shards for the Onagawa branch of the Nozomi Project.  They are mostly from Canada, and worked hard.

The Canada team - along with Gordon and Tobi - cleaning shards

Sorting the clean shards for future Nozomi Project jewelry

Not a lot of overt "ministry stuff" today, but essential ground-work for tomorrow, and especially in the relationship building with Miki and her sisters and family.

Our errands took us by this vacant lot - many memories here because it was the site of "takidashi" (see 6/29)

Also, Sylvia had the chance today to go with Sue Takamoto to an Asian Access women's meeting near Sendai, and was glad to connect with 5-6 of the local missionary gals at their monthly gathering.  And Mike had a chance to do more video work in Onagawa.  

Good day all around.