Dear March 12, 2011
Thank you so much for your love and concern. It was quite scarey yesterday. Even here we felt prolonged
severe shaking and it was reported to be about a 5 or 6 in the Chiba and Tokyo areas. Praise God we had
no damage and live on a hill so should be safe from the danger of tsunami which they keep predicting.
The Thomas and Grace families in Sendai are okay, thank the Lord. We don't know about church people yet.
Gary is going to email one of the deacons this morning to get news of them.
Many across the country are dead or missing. Here in Chiba 10 have died and a few have died even as far
away as Gunma. Hard to believe.
We need to focus our prayers on the north. A scene on TV this morning showed people on the roof of a hospital
in Miyagi signaling for help as it has been completely cut off by flood waters. Ditto Sendai airport where 1,600
were stranded according to a report last night.
It was hard to get to sleep and during the night we felt 5 aftershocks. We have an evacuation bag packed just
in case but hopefully we won't need it. Can't be too careful in a situation like this.
So encouraging and strengthening to know that many like yourself are praying for us all. Thanks again.
Trust all is well with you.
Lots of love,
Ruth (and Gary)
No comments:
Post a Comment