Days 12 and 13

I realized this morning that I forgot to post last night.  Yesterday my work did not start until the afternoon so in the morning we took the train from Rifu into Sendai and went to the new Pokémon Center.  They had all of the Pokemon merchandise you could imagine.  Afterwards we went to Camp Morigo to work.  This camp is one of Oasis Chapel's main ministries.  They have a cafe there that was just featured in a magazine article.  There are also facilities that can be rented out for camps and such.  We worked in one of the workshops because it rained all day.  We cleaned it up some and added extra support to one wall that had been worn down by termites.  Today we did a lot of outside work at the camp.  We cut down some branches that were hanging over the road and did some weedeating.  After lunch we replaced the sign on the road leading into the camp.  In the evening I met pastor Makito (pastor of Oasis Chapel).  He showed me the nicest view in Rifu (and one of the nicest in Japan) and then he took me out for dinner.

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