{"id":601,"date":"2010-04-21T03:26:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T03:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spendyourself.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2010-04-21T03:26:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T03:26:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/test.fromscarlet.com\/?page_id=601","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Giving details.<\/strong><br \/>\nElectronically<br \/>\n<strong>You can give here through paypal or any credit card<\/strong>.\u00a0 (5% transaction Fee)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBy Check (Is Tax deductible)<\/p>\n<p>Step 1 &#8211; Email me and let me know it is coming and how much so we can count on it.\u00a0 fromscarlet@mac.com<\/p>\n<p>Step 2. Mail Checks made payable to<\/p>\n<p>JS Resources, Inc.<br \/>\n844 Maraval Court<br \/>\nLongwood, FL 32750<\/p>\n<p>JS resources is a 501 c 3 and all donations are a tax deduction.<\/p>\n<p>They  have graciously agreed to process all checks for this trip free of  admin fees.\u00a0\u00a0 100% of your donation will go to Tsunami Relief. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission Overview?\u00a0 (Read more details below)***<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To bring the living water of Jesus to the hurting people of Japan.<\/li>\n<li>To partner and effectively empower the local church as they step out in faith to serve their countrymen and proclaim Christ in Word and deed.<\/li>\n<li>To bring water purification systems over to help supplement water supply.<\/li>\n<li>To bring over hand held radiation detection devices.<\/li>\n<li>To bring other resources (Nutritional supplements, other unique  supplies requested, and donated funds to help purchase food, blankets,  gas, truck rentals, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>To help inspire and encourage a Gospel  Tsunami\u00a0 of mercy and love to wash over the Japanese people. We are  praying our mission will inspire other missions to Japan and encourage  the church to radically give toward Spiritual (and physical renewal) in  Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who is going? (More details on Team Page)*<\/strong><br \/>\nOur Team  Consists of Danny Iverson, Tim Bentson, Michael Costanza, Martin  Yahiro MD, Bart Johnson, Isaac Knopp, Shane Burgett and Don Eland.\u00a0 Danny grew up in Japan and his Father is a Pastor in Japan  and their church is heavily involved in the relief work and need help,  resources and people who can share the Gospel and love the Japanese  people. Tim, did missions in Japan for two years as did Michael and  Martin.\u00a0 Bios are below as well as contact information.<br \/>\nWe love Japan and the Japanese people and our hearts are breaking for them.\u00a0 We want to be there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where is this money going?**<\/strong><br \/>\nTravel &#8211; We  leave Monday morning the 21st.\u00a0 This money will go to get us there.\u00a0  100% (minus Merchant transaction fees) goes to this need.<br \/>\nThe rest that we raise goes toward water purifiers, Radiaton detection devices, supplies, truck rentals, gas,  communication etc&#8230;.\u00a0 We will leave whatever funds are left over with the  local Churches we are helping.<br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n** My Father and His church have been trucking up  supplies. (Water, food, gas)\u00a0 There is no petro in most cities for people  to be able to leave and there is a major  shortage of water supply.\u00a0 We are bringing over serious water purifiers  with us (ones that do 15 Gallons\/minute) and anything else we can to help with the efforts.\u00a0 We all speak  Japanese and are looking forward to sharing the Love and hope of Jesus  with the people God leads us to help.<\/p>\n<p>***It has been recommended  due to the urgency and immediate need that we head over to Japan with  the support of the local church as opposed to going through a mission  agency and having to wait. JS Resources has graciously agreed to be the Non-profit handling all of our donatons.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/funds.gofundme.com\/34n9w\" target=\"_blank\">Please help support us to get us there to  assist in this most desperate time.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*More on the Mission (Danny&#8217;s perspective)<\/strong><br \/>\nAs I watched the waves sweep over my homeland I could  not help but weep&#8230; weeping at the devastation yes, but weeping even  more over the fact that 99.9% of the those people getting swept away by  the Tsunami do not know Jesus. Can you imagine that?\u00a0 An area of country  so lost that only 1 out of 1000 have declared Jesus to be Lord and  trusted in His saving grace.\u00a0\u00a0 I can&#8217;t imagine watching a wave crashing  toward me, knowing that my life was over, and having no idea what  eternity held in store.\u00a0 For those of us who hope in Christ, death in  this life should not bring us fear&#8230;\u00a0 for we have a hope that far  outweighs anything this fallen world might send our way.\u00a0 But what about  those who don&#8217;t have that hope, those who have never heard?\u00a0 Growing up  in Japan I remember my friends in school thinking Jesus was an  American&#8230; In a school of 600 I was the only Christian.\u00a0 Japan is an  unreached people group in desperate need of the Gospel.\u00a0 My dad sent out  an email reminding us to put things in perspective about the brokenness  of humanity and the need for the hope held out in the Gospel for  Japan.\u00a0 Every day over 90 people in Japan kill themselves&#8230;. Why?\u00a0 They  are the third richest country in the world, 100% literate, hardly any  crime, very resourceful and so organized.\u00a0 Why would so many take their  own lives when it seems like a perfect country?\u00a0 The hopelessness and  lack of eternal meaning or purpose plagues the people of my home.\u00a0 As  things they thought worth living for disappear, their purpose for living  vanishes and they end their lives.<\/p>\n<p>As I weep for my country and  pray for my family as they labor to bring physical and spiritual relief  to fellow humans in need, I also think of the People of God and pray we  be equipped with hearts and minds for God, and hands and feet that &#8220;go  into the world&#8221;\u00a0 and bring hope to those under the tsunami of God&#8217;s  wrath.\u00a0 How much greater is the justice of the Living God than the 30  foot waves of the tsunamis? How much more will the nations tremble at  His judgment than the 8.9 earthquake can shake.\u00a0 I am reminded in this  hour how serious our call is as we go to bring eternal hope.\u00a0 I can not  help but repent for how lazy my heart and mind have been, and how stale  my payer life has been for the lost and hurting.\u00a0 How selfish I have  been with my time and resources. How self absorbed I have been with my  problems and struggles.\u00a0 We know of a Rock, a solid place that can not  be shaken; a stronghold, an arc, that will not be consumed by the floods  of God&#8217;s righteous wrath.\u00a0 His name is Jesus, and in his name all  nations find their hope.\u00a0 In His name I must hope&#8230;\u00a0 He is our  salvation&#8230;\u00a0 That&#8217;s where I must go with all that I am. All of me must  fully rest in all of Him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lets go to this Rock together, broken and  needy, and lets receive the restoration and rest He promises in His  presence&#8230; and may His presence in us spur us to live radically for His  Glory and the Joy of the Nations.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Danny's Story\" href=\"http:\/\/test.fromscarlet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Danny-Iversons-Story.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Click Here to Read Danny&#8217;s Full story.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving details. Electronically You can give here through paypal or any credit card.\u00a0 (5% transaction Fee) By Check (Is Tax deductible) Step 1 &#8211; Email me and let me know it is coming and how much so we can count on it.\u00a0 fromscarlet@mac.com Step 2. 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