From Yahoo News In Soma, a hard-hit town along the Fukushima prefecture coast, rubble covered the block where Hiroshi Suzuki’s home once stood. He watched as soldiers dug into mounds of timber had been neighbors’ homes in search of bodies. Just three bodies have been pulled out. “I never expected to have to live through anything like this,” he said, mournfully. Suzuki is one of Soma’s lucky, but the tsunami washed away the shop where…
Two weeks have passed since the tremendous earthquake, devastating tsunami and radiation leakage. The death toll has topped 10,000, there are over 17,000 missing all feared dead. Dear friends, we must continue to pray, give, and prepare for more involvement. Locally things continue to return to normal with many shortages having ended. Rolling power outages continue in Tokyo (and here today). But up north transportation is in a shambles, supplies limited, and people are without…
We all have been praying for the workers at the plants. The whole world is praying. I cannot stop thinking of Daniel 3:25 “I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” Let’s remember that Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego were kept safe in the furnace because the forth, our God Almighty was with them. Those workers are reported as heros called “FUKUSHIMA…
Why are the Japanese so calm in the face of disaster? Why do Japanese seem to band so well together and also deal with these terrible triple tragedies so well? A Short interview with David McDaniel’s, an American pastor based in downtown Tokyo, Japan who explains the unusually stoic Japanese cultural response to the Tsunami Crisis. David is a missionary with YWAM a JEMA member mission. http://grassrootsnews.tv/?p=528 You may also enjoy this Newsweek article contrasting…
Just got off the phone with Jeff Chapman (8:30pm JST), he checked in with me after checking in at home, unfortunately his cell phone battery was losing power. They decided to head due south through Fukushima Prefecture (don’t worry they would not be allowed in the exclusion zone) as they are trying to avoid snow. He says the roads are all twisted and at times it is like riding a roller coaster. He thinks it…
Thoughts Along the Way © Glass of Radioactive Water Elaine Mehn With the 9.0 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan which was followed by an incredibly destructive tsunami which was followed by problems at the Fukushima Number 1 nuclear power plant, we have the potential of having higher than normal radioactivity in our water. Some parts of Tokyo have reached levels that are not safe for babies and small children while other parts of Tokyo are…