{"id":3838,"date":"2018-07-14T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T05:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2018-07-14T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T05:59:05","slug":"t-shirts-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/07\/14\/t-shirts-3\/","title":{"rendered":"T Shirts 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last Sunday as I was walking to Daikanyama station from our church, I saw a man wearing a T-shirt with the words \u201cwaiting for the waves\u201d \u00a0I sure wish that I had taken a picture at the time.<\/p>\n

This really struck me. \u00a0On the one hand I have my T-shirt with the promise I hold in my heart saying \u201cThe waves will never stop coming\u201d. \u00a0Now here is this Japanese gentleman declaring that he is waiting for the waves to come.<\/p>\n

This month on the 26th we will commission Gary along with his wife, Naoko, their son Kai, and fellow team members as a team to pioneer our new YWAM work in Tohoku!!!!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The beauty of this is that they will not be moving up as a team but going in waves – Gary, Naoko and Kai in August, \u00a0Tom and Rosa in October, another couple next year and two others are in the process of applying to their team. \u00a0They will be gong up in waves and now I have the assurance that the Japanese are ready and waiting for these waves of precious people to come.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I certainly had none of this in my mind when I first saw that T-shirt hanging \u00a0up in the used clothing store back in Shinagawa all those years ago.<\/p>\n

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Last Sunday as I was walking to Daikanyama station from our church, I saw a man wearing a T-shirt with the words \u201cwaiting for the waves\u201d \u00a0I sure wish that I had taken a picture at the time. This really struck me. \u00a0On the one hand I have my T-shirt with the promise I hold … Continue reading “T Shirts 3”<\/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-ZU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3828,"url":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/07\/13\/t-shirts-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3838,"position":0},"title":"T Shirts 2","date":"July 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"When Loren Cunningham founded Youth With A Mission. -YWAM- \u00a0back in the 1960\u2019s, he had a vision of waves crashing onto the shorelines of many countries. \u00a0These waves became young people bringing the love of Jesus to every nation. \u00a0This story is told in his book, \u201cIs that really you\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.somers-harris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F423CABD-3634-4EAA-B05D-C4BF347AD508-1024x953.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3688,"url":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/05\/20\/%e6%9d%b1%e5%8c%97-tohoku\/","url_meta":{"origin":3838,"position":1},"title":"\u6771\u5317 Tohoku","date":"May 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This car number plate is from the city of Sendai in the Tohoku region of Japan. \u00a0While Sendai is not the capital of the Tohoku region, it is the biggest city there. \u00a0I will be a part of the final vision trip to \u6771\u5317 before we send out our long\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.somers-harris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1676C33D-7317-4A06-A811-7B066B8A0B5C.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4294,"url":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/09\/06\/september-5th-yt2018-day-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":3838,"position":2},"title":"September 5th. 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