apanese Congressman Ryuichi Doi became emotional as he walked the streets of Sendai for the first time since the tsunami waves devastated the city. There was so much damage, so much destruction. So many people lost their lives. So many people don’t know where to turn for help.
“It was such a big disaster,” he said. “But we must have hope. We must overcome. We must overcome.”
As one of the few Christians in the Japanese parliament, he knows the Japanese people need more than physical aid.
“This is my responsibility, to tell the people," he said. "As a Christian, and also as a politician. Let’s start from this. Let’s have hope. We need faith. If we don’t have faith, nobody can have hope. Here in Japan we are a very small group, as Christians in this society. So we must tell them how to have faith.
“From this situation, people can live again.”
Samaritan's Purse is a wonderful Christian organization providing aid around the world. If you want to know where you can send your money to help in the disasters, I would highly recommend them.
www.samaritanspurse.org
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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