Japan Earthquake

“ ‘Look! I’ve been wearing this ever since I arrived in Japan and it hasn’t registered any radiation exposure levels yet,’ Hayes says, noting that all Southern Baptist workers and their children were issued a card to measure their exposure to radiation, allowing them to return to their ministries and homes.‘Volunteers will wear one of these cards at all times, too.

Of the 11 stories about U.S. relief efforts on ABC, CBS, and NBC between Friday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 15, not a single story mentioned the Christian work of faith-based groups like Samaritan’s Purse, CRASH Japan, The Salvation Army, and others mobilizing to help ease the suffering.

“Devastation from Japan’s March 11, 2011, earthquake was so enormous that the country moved by about eight feet and the earth shifted on its axis by nearly four inches, according to the US Geological Survey.1 With help from your prayers, our missionaries are coping with the damages and ministering to people as the Lord allows.”“People came to church yesterday, even though their homes are a mess from the earthquake” More at