The six River City team members have returned from an amazing missions trip to Japan to help in the relief efforts. We are humbled and blessed to have served the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11th. The people of Japan have suffered much but are very gracious. If you live close to [...]
(written by Jerry) Yes, we’ve left the base camp in Tono City in Iwate Prefecture, driven to Tokyo, and spent the evening in Komagome with friends. The drive was long but the blessings were great. During the past two weeks we’ve worked in the tsunami disaster area of northern Japan…some removing debris from a church, [...]
As we were cleaning out a small office building, one man showed me how he felt very lucky because he walked into the lower floor of his building and found these papers in the mud and rubble. His building is owned by a group of local businessmen who pooled their money for the investment. The [...]
These children joined us for hot cocoa and light snacks, then brought their parents out to meet us. The father of the two older children, and mother of the two younger ones wanted to know why foreigners would come so far just to play with a few children on a wet and dreary day. As [...]
(written by Bo Bowman) Today I was part of the team that helped to clean family photos. The night before when I found that was my assignment for the day I had some misgivings. As usual the Lord had plans for me that I didn’t fully understand. As I cleaned the photos I would pray [...]
This day was our sabbath…a day to rest, refresh, and renew…attended a Japanese Christian church…had real Japanese food at a living history village from the Edo (early 1,800′s) period. A few games in the evening, group devotions, and prayer…and we called it a day. Only one earthquake today.
(written by Billy Carlisle) I know a lot of Christians. I’m not just talking about the nominal Christians who occasionally listen to a radio or TV preacher. I’m talking about stalwart men and women of deep faith and profound commitment to Jesus Christ who live their lives as shining examples of God’s grace an mercy. [...]
(written by Robin Schroeder) Psalm 46 tells us that even though the earth is shaken and the mountains fall into the sea the Lord is still our fortress and our strength. As we are still and know that He is God, He will be exalted. We are in a place where we have seen the [...]
(written by Kristin Sedate) Today we were tearing down the ceiling and pulling out the moldy walls in an office building; it is so enjoyable working alongside the Japanese people. But Kristen Alarcon and I were the only girls at the site amongst about 20 men who had chainsaws and crowbars and lots of enthusiasm [...]
Our first work day, I was assigned to a team that was to tear down walls in a woman’s house so a carpenter could come in and start to rebuild it. The smell of mold was pretty overwhelming as soon as we stepped inside. We would take off layers just to see how bad it [...]
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