Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Japan 1

Thanks to all who have and will continue to pray for me in Japan. Just minutes of my plane landed in Tokyo, the announcement came that there was just a major aftershock magnitude 6.7. That was one of several yesterday that were of significant size occurring just one month  after the major 9.1 earthquake that devastated north cities of Japan.

I have meetings  the first three days in Tokyo and then will travel to see some of the devastated regions.....then Okinawa. Our son Matthew will be returning from Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon and Carlene will greet him as he arrives.

This entire nation is on  edge. Everyone is trying to just continue with life but there is a palatable sense of uneasiness and fear of the unknown. I believe my primary assignment  is to declare to the nation the goodness and mercy of God. I have told many that thousands of believers in America and around the world are praying for them.

Pray specifically for:

grace and safety in all travel
wisdom and revelation for just the right words to bring comfort to the people that I speak to
mercy and grace for the nation of Japan.

You may know that, at the end of World War 2 many leaders in Japan called for missionaries to come and establish churches in the country devastated by  atomic disaster. The nation of Japan faces another atomic disaster and we do not want to miss the open  door to declare the goodness and love of the Father.

Bless you

Darrell