Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Arrived- Tokyo!

Yes, it's been quite a lot to take into today, but we feel that we are ready to hit the ground running tomorrow.

Here's the latest: Anders will be working with the CRASH Director to properly set up their organizational structure to be functional for the long haul (5 year plan) and be capable of accepting 1000+ volunteers each month to aid in the rebuild effort by May of this year. Lori will be compiling intelligence into situation reports. Next week, she'll be assessing structures and providing emergency engineering support for retrofit of base camps and community centers next week in Sendai.

From Japan Response

Discovered the kindness of the Japanese, as we seemed to be constantly getting turned around- even though there was that language barrier, they still held our hands, leading us to the right train and direction of travel! Thankfully most signs are also written in English!

From Japan Response

Have a kind UK host who is putting us up in her house- we told her that they are just as much part of the relief effort as we are!

43 degrees Fahrenheit- Living in Thailand, we have forgotten what cold is. Maybe it doesn't help coming from 90 degree weather?

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