Life in Ishinomaki

みんなさん、今晩は。

Since Wednesday, I've been set up nicely in a home in Ishinomaki, about a two minute walk from the "Hope House" in the heart of the city. I have been continuing to do mud-outs with Samaritan's Purse, but for the past couple days I have been working with an entirely Japanese group from Chiba and Tokyo. These high school and college kids, now on vacation, were a joy to work with, but unfortunately most of them departed for home earlier today. I will be in Ishinomaki probably until Monday, when Higurashi-san will hopefully be able to give me a ride back to Tome. Sunday and Monday are the weekend days for the mud-out crews, so I'm not quite sure what I'll do over these next couple days. Maybe I'll study Japanese, or just go exploring. All in all, I like living here in Ishinomaki, and I hope I'll have another chance to do so before I head back to the states in late April.

Thanks for reading.