Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Pray for Japan. Pray for the Christian’s in Japan. Pray for this horrible disaster to open hearts to the gospel. (The areas affected by the earthquake and tsunamis of Miyagi, Fukushima, and Ibaraki are some of the most spiritually needy places in Japan with over 4.9 million people, yet only about 9,000 active Christians about 1/6 of 1%. Fukushima has the lowest average worship attendance in all of Japan with only 19 per church.) Here’s the latest update from our missionary, Dan Iverson, “Sending to 60 of you to ask you to pray. We sent three trucks tonight, one leaving for Sendai at twelve midnight, and two leaving for one city we have adopted to focus, Iwaki city. Please pray. Sendai is devastated, dead bodies abound, few supplies, etc. Our team will bring needed supplies to a Reformed Church in Sendai begging for help. I just called the three guys in this truck (Roger Lowther, Craig Coulbourne, and Dohi-san). They said it has started snowing and they are only half-way there at 3 am, still heading north. They have no chains. Please pray for God's protection, and that they can get thru, be safe, and help with the water and fuel and warm clothes and blankets they take. The Iwaki team is going 10 km further north than we have gone with two trucks. This is the coast, 50 km south of the reactor that is melting down. 30 km is the evacuation radius, and they are going to about 35 km from the nuclear site. Yes, please pray for them. Pray for the Japanese workers, heroes, working round the clock on the nuclear site. We decided to go there, and all are volunteers, when the pastor we will work with (who is not considering leaving as long as so many people are in his devastated city destitute) that he doesn't care about SURVIVAL, but REVIVAL! He said today on the phone that one evacuee place, an elementary school, had only one rice ball per person there to give. We sent lots of food. 3:15... exhausted, time to go to bed, but trusting...Dan”
• Pastor’s are blogging at SRPC and the posts are stellar. Read them and post comments on what they write!
• My daughter (Amy) sent me an awesome video about a couple adopting two children from Uganda. I dare you to watch it and not get choked up. Want to adopt from Uganda – two families in our church have and one is in the process. If you want to be next, contact the church office
• Want to know a secret? Chad Robison got engaged yesterday to Alexandra Case in Boston!
• I’m preaching this weekend on James 1:27-2:13. Josh Bales is leading musically. We’ll share the Lord’s Supper together each weekend of Lent. I’ll see you in church!
Sincerely,
Ray
