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.…
We are very thankful to God that a Christian relief organization based here in Japan was able to make great progress today. Christian Relief, Assistance, Support and Hope (CRASH) is a network supporting Christians to do relief work in Japan and around the world. CRASH equips and prepares churches and missions to be there to help their communities when disasters strike and coordinates Christian volunteers to work with local ministries in the event of a…
Among the hundreds of thousands affected by the earthquake and tsunami are only about 9,000 Christians in worship in 145 churches. One pastor shares his heart for his community and Christ’s church in the area devastated by this earthquake and tsunami. His Fukushima prefecture has 145 churches and 2,658 weekly worshippers for over 2,000,000 people. Pastor Akira Sato is a Conservative Baptist Pastor in a rural areas near Fukushima city and wrote a letter yesterday…
Tokyo, Japan – March 14, 2011 – CRASH (Christian Relief, Assistance, Support, and Hope) volunteers in Tokyo are mobilizing to provide aid to victims of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck the northeastern coast of Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2:46 PM. The earthquake was the largest in Japan’s recorded history, resulting in a series of tsunami that reached heights of up to 23 feet and caused widespread damage. The Tohoku region was…
We found out tonight that the Prime Minister of Japan has made an announcement that throughout the Tokyo area there will be rolling electrical blackouts to prevent a total blackout throughout the region. We will be without power for three hours each day. Everyone will have power from 10pm to 6:20 am. Elaine and I are prepared for this, we have earthquake preparation items and we tent camp every summer so we have camping lamps,…