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SEPTEMBER UPDATE ON JAPAN DISASTER RESPONSE

The ministry of Japan Disaster Response is the cover article for Converge Point our church movement publication. This article highlights the work of John and Elaine Mehn (among a myriad of others). You can read the article online at http://cvrg.us/fall2011. A great summary of our last team ministry together was blogged at Phil Tsai’s website http://www.filtsai.com/blargh_comments.php?blarghId=2154. We have had over 4 teams from the States from 8 churches and volunteers totaling nearly 50. Our compassionate…

Prayer Items for September

1. Two disaster response teams are set for deployment to Ishinomaki in September. Both of these teams will be staged and prepared at our home. So we will have many guests. 2. Elaine’s classes are starting up again after a break during the summer heat. Pray that God will continue these relationships and draw the ladies closer to Christ. 3. Pray for preparations and sensitivity as John preaches at the Ishinomaki House of Prayer on…

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…

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…

Is it Normal there Yet?

It has been 5 months since the 3.11 triple tragedies in northeast Japan. Many asked me has it returned to normal there yet. As I was working and hanging out with friends in the neighborhood of Ishinomaki I was pondering that question. Today we also drove by the port and through town. Things have changed at least on the surface, much has been cleaned up, more things are working but it is far from normal.…

August Intensive Prayer

INTENSIVE PRAYER TEAM John and Elaine Mehn Accelerating Spiritual Renewal and Church Planting Movements Converge Worldwide (BGC) Missionaries to Japan August 2011 This will be short as we are both still technically on vacation. Thanks for praying for us through July. We have spent a few weeks in the US celebrating John’s 90th birthday (a bit early), visiting with our new granddaughter Molly (who is as wonderful as we were told), having a Pickett (Elaine’s…

Intensive Prayer July ’11

Japan is not the same and may never be again. We in Christian work talk about this being the “new normal.” What we will be doing in Japan has already changed and probably will continue to change. Four months after the triple disasters there are still many without their homes, many are still to be found, and people continue to suffer physically and emotionally. But the good news is that spiritually people are very open.…

Local Pastor’s Relief Efforts

Andrew Klaus works for Samaritan’s Purse as a church liaison. He recently wrote his reflections about one local pastor doing his best to meet the needs of people affected by the disaster. Our last team was privledged to work briefly at two distribution events handing out futons and also food and supplies. Today I want to briefly write about one of the workers in Tohoku, Pastor Kishinami from the Kurihara Bible Baptist Church, a church…