A Report from Pastor Ito of Izumi Fukuin Chapel (3/20/2014)

　Thank you for continually praying and lovingly supporting our relief work here in the disaster area.
　On Thursday the 13th of March, Pastor and Mrs. Ito as well as two center staff members went on their regularly scheduled relief trip to the six households in Rikuzentakada city. Every time that we come to this town which was left in ruins by the tsunami I have no words to express the sadness that I experience and I feel that burden and pain that the people living here suffer.
　Of the six families that we deliver relief items to we took some time to hold worship in the temporary housing unit that one elderly couple live in. Then at the house of a lady who lost her beloved husband to cancer last July we were able to open the Bible and share about God's comfort for the first time.
　After visiting the six families, we started for home through the darkness and pouring rain. Passing through the streets of Rikuzentakada we said to one another, “What this dark and ruined town really needs is the light of the gospel of the Lord. There are still many here who need help and so we must continue coming. Let's come back!”
　Please continue to pray the ongoing relief work here in the Tohoku disaster area.
Thank you for your prayers and donations.