Thursday, February 23, 2012

A year on, only five percent of tsunami rubble cleaned up


My friend Jim Posner sent me this article.  Wow, only 5% of the rubble has been cleared!  It is overwhelming just thinking about it.  Click on Link below:
A year on, only five percent of tsunami rubble cleaned up

The National Police Agency of Japan reported that as of Sept 11, 2011 a total of 15,850 deaths, 6,011 injured, and 3,287 people missing. This surpasses the death toll for the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

It's coming, less than three weeks to go before I leave for Japan

I have been praying that will God use me and Samaritan's Purse to bring God's word and physical assistance to the people of Sendai.  Reading about the amount of damage that the people of Sendai went through is overwhelming!

Here is a link to some pictures that will give you some idea what they have gone through and are still are going through.   Japan earthquake pictures Devastation rescue workers fight fires search survivors

Car on roof