Posted on 03/12/2011 8:01:31 AM PST by Gamecock
Thanks for the names GC
email from one of those listed received this morning:
As you’ve seen in the news ... a devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake has rocked Japan. It is the largest magnitude recorded earthquake in Japanese history. Many hundreds are dead. Over 100,000 unaccounted for. Even as I write this, new reports keep coming in.
• Pray for God’s grace to flow through His Church to the hurting and needy in Japan.
• Pray for Japan, a country with great national pride and self confidence - to see their helplessness and hopelessness apart from saving relationship with their Creator God!
• Pray for our MTW team and Japanese national partners (all are safe and accounted for) that God will give discernment and wisdom as they face overwhelming opportunities to love and serve.
• Pray for our __ family as we have been planning to return to Japan in the next few weeks. We want to be there as soon as we can, but trying to figure out how this situation either accelerates or slows down our timetable.
• Pray for me as I look at options to possibly return to Japan alone, or possibly assisting with disaster relief team, or ... (lots of questions - not many answers, yet)
Read informative MTW Urgent Prayer Update being sent out to all PCA churches.
Impact in Tokyo and Chiba
From what we have gathered from missionary friends and contacts in Tokyo and Chiba, the earthquake was scary and caused a lot of damage - but not the level of devastation see further north. The photo above shows damage in the apartment of our friends the -— who are living not far from where we hope to move in the next few weeks.
The effects of the earthquake are still significant, though, in Tokyo and Chiba, and many people are stunned and overwhelmed. Pray that many new and deep relationships will be forged in the pain and trials of these days and weeks ahead. Pray that many would come to know the comfort and strength of our Lord:
Isaiah 40: 28-31
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Food is very expensive in Japan. Much has to come from outside the country.
Another great ministry.
BTW, isn’t awesome that Franklin Graham and his nephew Tullian Tchividjian are being used in such mighty ways!
It is awesome, GC. And it’s awesome to know that these ministries will be in the forefront of providing material help to the victims as well as the spiritual blessings.
Baptist ping
If you can please give a specific, trustworthy address to where money/a donation can be sent. Thanks
Gladly
MTW Japan Donations can be made here.
One interesting thing about MTW is they tend to go into affected areas for the long haul, not just short term relief efforts. I fully expect full time permanent mission/s to spring up in an affected area where there is no current Christian presence.
Oh, and thanks for asking.
Thank you for the response and your welcome. I am going to forward this to the pastor of my church(I haven’t darkened the doorway for quite awhile) so they can participate.
Thanks again GC
“Keep praying about nuclear reactors, and that we and lots who are mobilizing teams to go in and help the devastated areas can indeed get in, and can get to where they can really help with the right relief materials and people.”
This...
Thank you for the ping. I’ve been praying for them on and off all day.
I’m particularly concerned about the nuke facilities.
We have heard that both OPC missionary families in Sendai are safe.. Our pastor was a missionay associate there so we are especially connected to that area. I didn’t know how many others were in the region. Our prayers for God’s mercy for such an incredibly horrible event. One is tempted to sermonize but the overwhelming sorrow and shock for now prompts intercessionary prayer for so many souls. thanks for link to MTW. Pastor said something to me this morning I hadn’t thought of. Looting and anarchy often seen in such calamity probably will not occur there because of Japanese sense of order, self reliance and respect. Small conciliation but significant.
Not 2 minutes ago my DW said the same thing. Imagine if this happened in Africa. Or Los Angeles.
Or let’s say, New Orleans.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
THX THX.
FYI to ALL - Link to new thread below...
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Photo: VancouverSun.com Japan Relief - FR - 1st thread Dan Iverson, Japan Country Director (Mission to the World) #20 Pray for Japan-Samaritan's Purse 13 March Japan Update written by Carol Iverson, wife of country director, Dan Iverson - pray! For List of Articles - FR Keyword: Japan Dan Iverson japandaniverson |
We just sent our donation!!....Praying for them!
I’m so glad to have this link, forwarding it to my email friends and I made a donation. Thanks for posting it!
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