Rambling Notes from Japan
Here are some blog posts that we hope will make you feel a part of things, and help you understand how to pray better for us and Japan. Please see our external blog in Blogger, if this page does not display correctly.
Symbols of Hope
As life in the Tokyo area returns to a new kind of "normal," the waves of challenges and sorrows continue in northern Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. It's easy to be so overwhelmed by the destruction and sadness of the area as to miss the symbols of hope... A solitary pine tree remains standing on a destroyed beachfront. It withstood the tsunami that destroyed everything around it. The tree has been
Brace for Impact?
June 4, 2011 12:17
| Devotional, Earthquake, Technology, Tsunami
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As small aftershocks keep coming two and a half months after the major 3/11 quake, Japan's hi-tech Earthquake Early Warning System is getting increasing scrutiny. The hi-tech system was rolled out to much fanfare just a few years back. It's set up to ring, vibrate and flash the 125 million plus cell phones throughout Japan when an earthquake is imminent. Sounds great. Makes me feel more secure. Technology
Tsunami Ground Zero
April 7, 2011 08:55
| Earthquake, Tohoku Earthquake
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I still haven't returned from tsunami ground zero. That is to say, although I've been back several days already, the reality of the scene is still with me. The incredible amounts of mud in once beautiful homes, the cars tossed around like toys, the shell-shocked people moving about sadly, the piles and piles of everything imaginable from the lives of so many now gone, the smells of kerosene and decay
March 25 - Earthquake (10)
March 27, 2011 05:32
| Earthquake, Tohoku Earthquake
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"The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him." Nahum 1:7Hope is on the WayWe appreciate the many of you who have expressed your prayer support. We're reading those email, we just can't respond. These are unusual times in Japan. Even as the nuclear reactors continue to belch mysterious smoke and strong aftershocks rattle us daily, we are trying to make plans and
March 20 - Earthquake (9)
March 20, 2011 05:53
| Earthquake, Tohoku Earthquake
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Sunday RenewalWhat do you preach after an unspeakable tragedy? After the tsunami, Noah and the flood might at first seem to be dicey choice. But Genesis 8, the account after the flood, is a picture of God's healing grace, renewal of the earth, and firm promise. Pastor Kondo has been preaching through Genesis the past few months. As it worked out, this Sunday was scheduled to be on that very passage.
March 19 - Earthquake (8)
March 19, 2011 05:22
| Earthquake, Tohoku Earthquake
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After the Triple PunchThe 9.0m earthquake and 40ft. tsunami double punch killed thousands (7500 and counting) and left a half million homeless. But then the knockout punch: the nuclear crisis began. The fear that has gripped people has done at least as much damage to the Japanese psyche as the earthquake and tsunami. No, I am not writing this from a fallout shelter. The Lavermans are watching, waiting,
March 18 - Earthquake (7)
March 18, 2011 06:03
| Earthquake, Tohoku Earthquake
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He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday." Psalm 91:4~6We wait anxiously for a resolution to the growing nuclear problem in Fukushima. As foreigners leave
March 17 - Earthquake (6)
March 17, 2011 11:46
| Earthquake, Tohoku Earthquake
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Now what?That's been the question it seems each day, and sometimes each hour for places north of us. After the quake came landslides, then the tsunami, then the traffic and transportation problems, then blackouts, then the shortages of essentials, then the nuclear crisis, now the snow and freezing temperatures. One Japanese man interviewed on TV today asked, "What did Japan do to be punished like this?"Yet
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