Dear Family and friends, Three of us went north into the devastated areas Sunday midnight with a packed 2-ton rental truck with 1000 liters of water, gasoline, blankets, food, warm clothes, etc, that our church members and lots of non-Christian friends donated. People were most desperate for water. We distributed supplies to a small church we had contacted, to...

Mar 15, 2011

#6: IverUpdate      Mar. 15, 2011    12:30pm  Japan Time * Carol interviewed on NPR.  A Christian AP correspondent had done the telephone interview. The portion NPR used on this NPR podcast will be interesting to you. * Safe, 1st trip to devastated area with needed supplies; 18 hrs up and back. Exhausted. Displaced people stunned, cold, tired, but most...

The stats on Japan’s spiritual poverty, and especially the affected area: 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 0.15%; about 1/6 of 1%). Fukushima has the lowest average worship...

Mar 12, 2011

Dan Iverson #4      Mar 12   10:30pm  Jpn Time  (EST + 14) Dear Family and Friends,  Thanks for your prayers and care. Just as I wrote this, a fairly large tremor shook the church building again.  # 130th or something since 2:46 pm Fri afternoon. Incredible. 1. Donations for Japan Earthquake via MTW: see www.mtw.org Send to MTW   “93993 Japan...

My Dad was interviewed by CBN… before they really went into action… http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnplayer.swf?aid=21711