{"id":3715,"date":"2018-05-25T23:19:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T14:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2018-05-25T23:19:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T14:19:36","slug":"tohoku-vision-trip-day-1-post-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/05\/25\/tohoku-vision-trip-day-1-post-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tohoku Vision Trip Day 1 Post 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ayashi station. \u00a0From here it is\u00a0a twenty minute trainride into central Sendai, the biggest city in the Tohoku area. \u00a0We had a beautiful day in which to prayer walk around this city where Gary is feeling they should begin their journey in the Tohoku region. \u00a0Our first impression was a fairly quiet area, very green, open people and quite peaceful.<\/p>\n

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This is Mosese, a native of Fiji who joined us on our second prayer trip to Tohoku and is back again for this our final vision trip before we send out the team to pioneer the new location. \u00a0Mosese and I were paired up for prayer today.<\/p>\n

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My eyes were caught be these awesome purple flowers so I took a quick break from the prayer time to capture this picture. \u00a0I love it when I can find flowers in my favourite colour.<\/p>\n

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Ayashi has many wonderful features. \u00a0High up on the list however is that there is a McDonalds there. \u00a0Not just an ordinary run of the mill McDonalds but a McCafe where they make a serious cappuccino. \u00a0Here the nice sales lady is drawing \u00a0a bunny on the protective sleeve of my drink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ayashi station. \u00a0From here it is\u00a0a twenty minute trainride into central Sendai, the biggest city in the Tohoku area. \u00a0We had a beautiful day in which to prayer walk around this city where Gary is feeling they should begin their journey in the Tohoku region. \u00a0Our first impression was a fairly quiet area, very green, … Continue reading “Tohoku Vision Trip Day 1 Post 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nRea-XV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3758,"url":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/05\/29\/tohoku-vision-trip-day-4-post-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3715,"position":0},"title":"Tohoku Vision Trip Day 4 Post 2","date":"May 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"After completing our prayer assignments, we took time to enjoy the beauty of the area. 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