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Monday, June 16, 2008 

IMB Missionaries Ask for Prayer Following Strong Earthquake

RICHMOND, Va. —International Mission Board missionaries serving in Japan are asking Southern Baptist churches to pray for the victims of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook northern Japan on June 14.

The earthquake killed at least 10 people and injured more than 250 others. Rescue teams are still searching for survivors. No IMB personnel were harmed.

Missionaries Kevin and Donna Qualls serve in Miyagi-ken, a city about 50 miles from the earthquake’s epicenter in Japan’s mountainous Iwate prefecture (state).

“It was scary, but we are all OK and suffered no apparent damage to our home,” Donna Qualls wrote in an e-mail to prayer supporters. “Thank you for always praying for our safety.”

There’s no word yet on how many homes were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake. Japan’s relief efforts are being hampered by landslides, damaged roads and aftershocks that continue to rock the area.



- International Mission Board Don Graham

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