Don't worry--I'm safe. I was actually driving through a blizzard when the initial quake hit, so I didn't feel it. But I arrived at my school around 3:15 and got rocked by a few aftershocks while watching the news there. It was pretty weird though. I had a cup of coffee on my desk and I watched it begin to tremble on its saucer...just like in the Jurassic Park movie. I seriously looked behind my shoulder out the window to make sure a T-Rex wasn't coming. Although, that would've topped off the crazy day. I drove back to the office around 4:30 and spent most of it talking with my coworkers. Our cell phones aren't working, so it's made trying to contact people nearly impossible. I'm thankful that I have power, heat, water, and gas. I've been able to check Facebook and see that some of my friends in Sendai have updated their statuses meaning they're okay. But they don't have power, heat, water, or gas, and it's still winter and snowing. I continued to feel after shocks until at least 9:00pm. The aftershocks are low rumblings but really long. I've never felt aftershocks like this before.
I'm about 25 miles north of the coast and up in the hills, so the tsunami warnings weren't in effect here. However, I do go to church in Kushiro which did get hit by a tsunami yesterday. Many of my co-teachers live in Kushiro (which is only 45 minutes south of my village). I was supposed to go down there today to have lunch with some friends, but all the highways are closed and the trains are shut down. The news coverage here depicts the damage far worse than CNN does. The death toll continues to rise as rescue efforts begin.
Please be praying for Sendai (which got hit the hardest) and the areas that have been ravaged by the tsunami. We're praying for revival and that the Holy Spirit would move here and people would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
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