This has been a week of remembering for us here, with the 10th anniversary of 9-11, but in Japan, too. This year's 9-11 marks the 6 month anniversary for Japan since their 3-11 disaster. Just as we honor those who died, remembering right where we were on 9-11, for the rest of their lives they will remember precisely what they were doing on 3-11, and remember those they lost. It can be hard to grasp something huge like that, the thousands who died and the millions affected one way or another, and I find I can comprehend it best when I can just see one person's story. (And I must not be alone: our papers have been full not of statistics, but stories of individuals.) So if, like me, you sometimes have trouble remembering how real it is, what affect 3-11 still has not just on "Japan", but people today, here's the video of just one perspective, just 3 minutes of 1 girl's story.
Pray this week: for those who are hurting, still aching for lost friends and family, and just trying to stay busy in order to cope. Pray for all of us as Christians, but particularly those in Japan, to be filled to overflowing with God's hope, peace, and joy to comfort those around them as they remember, grieve together, and keep pressing on through Our Hope.
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