Semper Informanda: Prolegomenon  Tsunami Thoughts and a Call to
Prayer  Dear RTS Community,  As I watched the waves sweep over
my homeland I could not help but weep... weeping at the
devastation yes, but weeping even more over the fact that 99.9%
of the those people getting swept away by the Tsunami do not
know Jesus. Can you imagine that? An area of country so lost
that only 1 out of 1000 have declared Jesus to be Lord and
trusted in His saving grace. I can't imagine watching a wave
crashing toward me, knowing that my life was over, and having no
idea what eternity held in store. For those of us who hope in
Christ, death in this life should not bring us fear... for we
have a hope that far outweighs anything this fallen world might
send our way. But what about those who don't have that hope,
those who have never heard? Growing up in Japan I remember my
friends in school thinking Jesus was an American... In a school
of 600 I was the only Christian. Japan is an unreached people
group in desperate need of the Go