Earthquake and Tsunami Relief 2011

We believe that God has uniquely placed us in a position where we can help those affected by the tsunami. Even though we are small in number, God has given us a huge vision and passion to love people. We want to see lives changed, communities transformed and churches planted in the Tohoku region. Our prayer is that God will use us to shine his light in this unfortunate situation.

Help Japan

Who are we?

We are a small mission orgaziation with the vision to disciple, train and plant churches that REPRODUCE here in Japan as well as throughout Asia. All of our missionaries are based in Japan and are involved in chruch planting. We have started a network of small churches in the Tokyo area. Our network has banded together to serve individuals and communities affected by the tsunami.

How we Help

Since March 13, 2011, two days after the earthquake and tsunami, we have been sending teams up to hard-hit areas in Miyagi Prefecture. At first, we focused on bring up food and supplies. As government supplies started reaching many of the evacuees, we shifted our focus to revolve around building long-term relationships. We still bring up supplies, but even the way we distribute it has begun to change. Our vision is to plant churches in the devastated communities, while shining the love of Jesus to all.
Our teams have been a mixture of church leaders, members and our non-Christian friends. We want to use this time with our non-Christian friends to witness to them and have them get a glimpse of God's enormous love.

story from Noah

Thank you all for your prayers and encouraging emails.
We are still making trips back and forth to the areas that were hit the hardest by the tsunami.  We are bringing supplies up and trying to help in any way that we can: distributing food and clothes, cleaning up the wreckage, looking for survivors, etc.
I just wrote down a few things to explain what it is like here and up north.

Tokyo

People are scared and are buying up food, toilet paper, etc.  I haven't seen milk since I got back (ten days). It feels really strange driving through the streets of Tokyo.  All of the store signs are turned off.  Street lights in many places too are out.  Seems like a ghost town.?To save on electricity, many areas even around where we live get 3-6 hour blackouts per day. Every day that I have been here, there have been earthquakes.  The kind where it is noticeable but not dangerous.  Some stuff might fall. It snowed yesterday in Tokyo and is still very cold.  Really weird.
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Sunrise International Ministries
PO Box 70405
Eugene OR 97401