Hi, It has been a while since I reported on what’s going on in the disaster area. I have been very busy. I just came back from a trip to Sendai. It was rather depressing, but a joy to see the church is working in that area. Joel Osborne took a group [...] Read more…
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This note from Jean Ray. Monday, April 11, at the Ibaraki preachers’ meeting a committee was chosen to oversee the use of the funds being sent to the Mito church. Joel, Sasha, J. Uzawa, H. Sekiguchi, Fukuyama, and Rays. We will meet this Thursday afternoon. Some of the committee will go to Tokyo preacher’s meeting next [...] Read more… Hi, We just came back from another trip to the Fukushima area. Some of the roads that were lined with things washed up from the lower houses, have been cleared, mostly in the lightly damaged areas. The areas hardest hit are still like piles of junk, but of course, it is the belongings of [...] Read more… Hi, We are back in Tomobe! We had a “good” trip to the earthquake and tsunami area. I had my van loaded with food, water and clothes. It was slow going at first as many people had been helped and electricity and water had been turned on in many areas. As we [...] Read more… Hi, We are doing well. It is clear and cold in Ibaraki with temperatures near freezing or lower at night and about 45 during the day. We still get aftershocks all the time, probably 8 or 10 big ones everyday. I am getting used to them at night so that I usually sleep [...] Read more… Hi, I am sorry I have not been able to contact everyone or send out mail. I will write this at the office and put it on a USB stick to transfer to my home computer, then send it out. The internet at the office is still out. I thought it would start [...] Read more… 2/20/2011 It has been cold during January and February, but I guess most of you have been cold, too. It has snowed more times this year than in most other years and the snow has lasted longer. About 10 swans have come to the pond next to our house. They come and go whenever they please. [...] Read more… Each year near the end of December there is a winter work camp for Hitachi Christian Camp. Marlin and Jean Ray have worked with this camp for many, many years. Hideki Ataka, minister of the Omika church, has taken on more and more of the responsibilities for the camp. This is always an enjoyable time [...] Read more… We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. These are pictures of when the Tomobe church visited two nursing homes in our area to sing and teach about Jesus. We make cookies and decorate them to give out. It is a fun time and the older people and staff enjoy it very much. [...] Read more… Merry Christmas Greetings from the Tomobe Church Read more… |
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