Interesting facts and information about Japan and ministry in Japan.
CPI Gospel Renewal Training Month canceled due to the earthquake. On March 11th at 2:26pm Stu and Ruth Ann Batstones, our speakers for the month, were inbound to land at Narita airport at about 5pm. After the earthquake Narita airport was closed so they were diverted to Yokota airbase, an emergency landing field. At the time of the earthquake John was on the road to rendezvous with them at the airport. When the expressways were…
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…
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.…
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,…