Thanks to the generous gifts from many of you, we have been able to continue delivering supplies to the people in Oshika Peninsula.
Getting cookies, coffee, soaps, wipes, books, coloring books, and lots of meat!
More bug spray!
We delivered a special machine that heats water in a bathtub! They were SO happy to be able to take a hot bath!
Strong men!
One of the community leaders who will be delivering bug spray to each family in Kyubunhama.
This flag says “Kyubunhama will not give up!” This is a fisherman’s town.
If you were in Japan and met someone who lost everything- I mean everything (family, house, job, and all the belongings), what would you say to that person? This is a question that we ask ourselves whenever we visit those tsunami-hit areas. We have been visiting them a lot since we came back to Japan, but it never gets easy. These small towns are a lot cleaner compared to three months ago, and many of them are moving from the temporary shelters (elementary school, town hall, local community center, etc.) to the temporary housing that the government has built. They are trying to move on, but they are still hurting. When they move to the temporary housing, they are on their own. They don’t receive food or supplies from the government anymore. And with no jobs available one can only imagine what a difficult time this is. In fact, when there was a big earthquake in Kobe in 1995, many people died in those temporary houses. Many of them died alone, victims of ‘kodokushi’ (lonely death), who only got noticed well after their death.
This is why we can’t stop visiting them. We want them to know that they are loved and cared for. More than anything, we want them to feel the love of Christ. So please don’t stop praying. We know your prayers will make a difference in their lives.
