Developing tsunami recovery ministry opportunities
Published May 18, 2012 | 
Developing a few specific tsunami recovery ministry opportunities in the southern part of Miyagi prefecture (near or in Sendai city) is taking longer than expected. We are trying to focus on the south side of Sendai city and even further south toward Fukushima prefecture.
Kurt Saban teaching how to test for radiation levels in vegetables.
So far, it looks like our ministries could include the following:
- starting a quilting circle on May 23 in the apartment of a tsunami displaced family living nearby a temporary housing center in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai
- holding mother and young children meetings once or twice a month in another temporary housing center also in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai
- leading sewing classes in a few other temporary housing centers
- helping farmers in Iwanuma-shi (south of Sendai, near the Sendai airport) cleanse their fields of seawater salt, test their fields and vegetables for radiation levels, and construct a distribution facility for their produce.
Dale helping farmers assemble a wheelbarrow imported from China by TouchGlobal / ReachGlobal.
We are hoping that a few of these kinds of ministries might provide opportunities for short term missionaries to join us in sewing/quilting projects or in construction.
Our focus remains on developing opportunities for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and for linking our tsunami recovery ministry with church planting.
Easter weekend at Sendai Izumi Church, Apr 7-8
Published April 15, 2012 | 
children's program on apr 7
Larry Mori preaching on Apr 8
Sendai Izumi Evangelical Free Church held a children’s event on Saturday., Apr 7, and the Mori family led us in a small, family oriented worship service on Easter Sunday, Apr 8.
We are trying to link our tsunami recovery ministry in practical ways with the church planting already in full swing at Sendai Izumi church.
Visit to temporary housing center
Published February 24, 2012 | 
Larry Mori helping children with their homework at a temporary housing center.
We volunteered at a temporary housing center in Sendai during the evening of Feb 22, helping children with their homework. Most of the tsunami displaced children in Sendai live in apartments near temporary housing centers, rather than in the actual temporary housing centers.
Click here for pics about our visit on our Facebook page.
We are trying to get to know the leaders of temporary housing centers in order to help define our own tsunami ministry focus. Furthermore, we hope we can develop redemptive relationships with the volunteers who are university students.
Sewing machines for quilting classes picked up at Tokyo port
Published January 26, 2012 | 
On Jan 25 we picked up sewing machines at Tokyo port, taking them from warehouse to customs and then on “home.” Ann will use these machines to teach quilting and sewing classes at some temporary housing centers built for tsunami displaced people in the Tohoku (northeastern Japan).
Before we complete our year of tsunami ministry we hope to donate the four machines to a few community centers in the devastated coastal areas of the Tohoku.
For a few more pics of picking up these machines at Tokyo port, see this album on our facebook page.
YouTube video of hope rising in tsunami devastated northeastern Japan
Published December 8, 2011 | This YouTube video captures hope in the midst of tsunami tragedy and destruction. Continue reading
Quilting classes will be part of our tsunami ministry beginning January 2012
Published December 7, 2011 | Temporary housing units dot the coastline of northeastern Japan where thousands of homes were destroyed by the March 11 tsunami. Our ministry in Sendai for the next year includes gathering together people living in temporary housing, giving them an opportunity to share their personal tsunami stories and offering them hope in Jesus.
sewing machines shipped from US on Dec 7
Among the various ministry activities we are planning, Ann will be offering sewing and quilting classes. A number of women in temporary housing in the Sendai area have requested quilting classes and several missionary women are already teaching quilting. So we used the EFCCM Japan Disaster Recovery Fund to purchase and ship four portable, sturdy sewing machines (with handy rolling carrying cases) for Ann to use in teaching quilting, sewing and crafts. We will eventually give away the machines to a few of the quilting students.
Ann is looking forward to combining two of her favorite activities: women’s ministries and sewing!
Why tsunami devastated northeastern Japan needs the love and hope of Jesus Christ
Published September 6, 2011 | I don’t usually post links to media coverage of Japan tsunami related news items, but this short video from CNN quite accurately captures the reality that lies behind the focus of our tsunami recovery ministry.
Click here to link to the 3 min CNN news video clip.
–dale
Video of EFCCM tsunami recovery ministry focus (Aug 10)
Published August 10, 2011 | This video can also be viewed on the pics/videos page of www.japanquake.ca.
Dale and Ann to take recovery ministry set up trip to Japan in July
Published May 25, 2011 | Dale and Ann will be in Japan for three weeks this summer (late June to mid-July) to set up EFCCM recovery ministry projects. Our desire is to develop specific, sustainable projects. These projects will have a local community and local church (EFC) focus, and yet invite the international cooperation of the EFC family in North America. In August we hope to publicize our projects.
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