Mar 15, 2011

I am heading to Japan to help my dad’s church with the task of bringing the whole Gospel to the Japanese people in this hard time.  We are going to minister to minds, hearts and souls as we provide for basic human needs and share the hope we have in Jesus. We have four people going who all have been to Japan, can speak Japanese, and have a deep heart for...

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

Now as I send this after writing below info (w/o proofing), news is saying 1400 dead and missing, including 4 trains of people, and 5 nuclear power plants in trouble (Japan news is still saying only 2 nuclear plants… trying to prevent panic, maybe???) Sat 3/12 12:10 pm Jpn time (USA EST+14 hrs) Family, Friends, Please pray for us we decide where to go and...

Note*  My Dad is  a Pastor in Japan in Chiba.  My Family is safe and theey are desperately rallying the church to help with relief.  Read update below… 5:36 pm  #2 Just now, 2.5 hours later, huge fire we can see in the petrol/chemical factories along the bay. Now, big tremor, about the 5th time… going outside (not as big as first)… okay it...