January 17 1995      5:46 am   
                   Death count  6,425
                   Injured        25,000                  
                   Homeless   300,000

 "I saw a special love in the Spurdles.  I lost my apartment because of the Kobe Earthquake.  They went to the shelter to help people.  They opened up their home for me to live with them.  All seven of them slept in one small room.  I slept in the other room.  I am not a Christian, but now I am beginning to understand God's love.  They shared everything with me, even their clothes." 
 
("..we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory."  Romans 8:17)  
 
Miss Michiko employee
 
 
Had  there not been 24 hours of constant prayer being offered up by faithful Yoke Fellows we would have been among the statistics.  Down the road from our home was a pastor crushed under his house.
                                                                                                             
Dave Spurdle  missionary 

Given Another Chance at Life After an Accident
 
"I did not want to read a Bible or talk with David.  I got into a accident and could not move so I lived in the hospital.   Each week David would visit me at the hospital with my wife.   We read the Bible and he told me stories.  I was a Buddhist and my relatives were famous priests.  "How could I turn away from my families gods?" Then God woke me up every morning  at 4:00 am and told me, "Read the Bible and be healed for I am God.."  I read for 2 hours.  Jesus healed me and saved me in the hospital.  I was suppose to die, but God gave me another chance."  
 
("I was sick and You looked after me...."  Matthew 25:31-46 )
 
Mr Baba,  neighbor
 
 
 
Cancel the Operation, She's Healed
 
 
"The doctor was going to operate the next day.  My husband let Rev. David hear of my problem and he then David and the Yoke Fellowship 24 hour prayer chain prayed for me..  My husband and David came to the hospital and prayed for me.  They even sang songs in the Hospital.  In the morning the doctor said he witnessed a miracle.  My blood had changed and I had no more pain.  I left the hospital not needing the operation and went back to work the next day." 
 
("Heal the sick who are there..."  Luke 10:5-9)
 
Mrs Matsumoto, housewife