Weekend Musings Here’s another video of the tsunami and the town that I visited. Some 20,000 people lived below the camera level here, more than 10,000 of them were lost. When the video begins, you will see a car tunnel almost right in the center of the picture. At about a minute into the video … More Dramatic and Personal Tsunami Video
Friday is for Heart Songs This is one of the areas I visited in the Tsunami zone. the extent of the devastation is hard to comprehend. The video below is shot by a young boy whose overwhelmed mother can be heard crying out throughout parts of the video. The long horizontal white building on the … More Out of Disaster and Loss, Hope and Transformation in Japan
Made it to Sendai safely. Stayed up for 40 hours straight to get over jet lag quickly. Now my watch says it’s 5:45 in the evening, but I’m ready for breakfast (it’s 7:45 AM here). Today I am meeting with leaders giving relief to Tsunami victims today. In particular, a camp that provides opportunities to children … More Safely to Japan
It is harder to find information on Japan but the crisis is still huge. Here’s a portion of one report on the casualties of the disaster. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters at a news conference Saturday that it is difficult to predict when the crisis at the plant might end. He also announced … More News Cycle Moves on But Japan Still Suffers
Wednesday is for Prayer 2 Thessalonians 3:13-15 (ESV) 13 As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. 14 If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Do not regard him as an … More Don’t Grow Weary of Doing Good
Friday is for Heart Songs Please donate to the relief fund for victims of the Japanese earthquake & tsunami. If donating by check, please make check payable to Hands of Love America Inc.* Send your donations to: Hands of Love America Inc. 146 Cheyenne Ct. Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Donation deadline is March 25th. Thank you … More Giving to Japanese Relief
Crisis focus. Earthquake, tsunami, followed by 100’s of large aftershocks, and now the threat of nuclear disaster. Japan is traumatized. In addition, though media have rightly affirmed the Japanese for their calm, their patience, the lack of rioting, protest, or looting–they have not reported the sad underbelly of Japanese culture. For all of its beauty … More Helping Japan in Her Hour of Need
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