Maybe the situation in Machida, Tokyo continues to improve. Traffic is better as workers arriving today said it took less than yesterday. There is gasoline but you have to wait in lines over one mile long. The city hall made an announcement that we could be without power for rolling outage. Later they announced it was canceled. Some are reporting panic and runs on the stores. Maybe in some areas but we do not see…
There is a growing concern for radiation into the environment as they continue to lose progress in taming the nuclear power plants. Please pray. Dear Creator God of the universe please grant your divine wisdom to these very intelligent engineers and other dedicated workers. God we thank you for those many others who have come to advise and assist them in this crisis. God give them unity of purpose and clarity of action. Strengthen them…
I just posted several items on our website about our neighborhood situation, local affects of the earthquake, new prayer items, a local Japanese pastor’s prayer, Christians bringing relief, and CRASH mobilizing volunteers. Do not miss anyone.
Today Elaine went out through the neighborhood. Later we both went out through our neighborhood to prayer walk, talk to people, and scout out the effects of the greatest earthquake to hit our area. PHYSICAL DAMAGE We saw some damage to the roof of a local soba restaurant. Apparently they lost some traditional Japanese roofing tiles. In walking through a neighboring apartment complex we noticed large numbers of garbage bags with many broken dishes and…
We are 240 miles from the epicenter and our area sustained little damage but we are very much affected here in Machida-city Tokyo. Tokyo has only sustained 6 deaths, our neighboring prefecture (state) Kanagawa has had only 3 deaths. Farther north in the Tokyo area, Chiba prefecture has had 15 deaths, Ibaraki has had 19 deaths. The true death toll in the affected areas of Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate are will not be known for…
1. Please pray for rescuers as the first 72 hours (3 days) are the most critical in finding people. That ends today. As you may have heard highly trained rescue teams from all over the world have been arriving. Encouraged as a military flight just went over my house, a cargo plane, and I know where it is going. Atsugi naval air station, about 5 miles from here, has been more busy than usual today.…