GOSPELREST – John & Elaine Mehn – Converge Asia Impact Team – Page 80 – Accelerating Spiritual Renewal and Church Multiplication Movements

CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS NEEDED

HELP NEEDED: CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS NEEDED From our work in Ishinomaki mudding out and deconstructing homes, One Converge Worldwide relief partner is Samaritan’s Purse which has a rebuilding program. They want to rebuild over 300 homes by Christmas. In short, as they say, they want to rebuild everything we tore out of the homes. See their video http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/waves_of_grace/ Along with general volunteers, we need builders and carpenters to come help us with the rebuilding phase.…

GET MORE INVOLVED IN JAPAN RELIEF

HELP NEEDED: GET MORE INVOLVED IN JAPAN RELIEF 1. To serve in Japan individually or in a team go to www.convergeworldwide.org/japanmission. 2. We also need you to pray. To pray for Japan and Japan relief http://groups.google.com/group/Pray4Japan. 3. We are constantly posting new updates on Japan disaster response and our ministry updates including videos and blogs are at www.gospelrest.com. Check them out. 4. Elaine and I recently posted a VIDEO outlining our disaster response ministry. Please…

HELP NEEDED: JAPAN CHURCH PLANTERS FAMILIES

HELP NEEDED: COME TO JAPAN TO HELP CHURCH PLANTERS FAMILIES This November 9-11 is the CPI National Conference and recruiting is beginning for the Children’s Ministry Team and other key positions. Come and help some cute kids and their families out. If you are interested just let us know. www.conf.jcpi.net. Pray we would have a great team this year.

Good Summer for Us

THANK YOU for praying for our July vacation time in the US visiting, Molly, our granddaughter, John’s 90 year-old mother, and other family. The trip was great and like most vacations too short. We returned to Japan hitting the ground running. THANK YOU too for praying for survival in the August heat. The Government has requested people not to use air conditioning to conserve limited electrical power. In public buildings the temperature has been set…

Rebuild Homes by Christmas

Well this certainly is the new normal as our mission has had increased activity on the disaster response front. We have moved from distributing goods, cleaning up, to building, and now a few steps from permanent ministry. Since May I have been up to my neck in disaster response work involved in leading teams of nearly 50 people to Shintate Ishinomaki City from 8 different churches in the US. These include Bethlehem Baptist Minneapolis (John…

Hope in the Wake of Disaster – Video

The triple disaster in Japan has done at least one thing, eroded or destroyed hope. As missionaries our task is to bring lasting hope to people through the good news of Christ. This PowerPoint video outlines relief ministry of Converge Worldwide and specifically John & Elaine Mehn designed to bring hope to victims of these terrible disasters.

GOSPELREST - John & Elaine Mehn - Converge Asia Impact Team

John & Elaine Mehn

Japan CPI National Conference