This is an update from Pastor Yoshiya Kondo in Iwate prefecture, Japan, who has been serving and ministering in the disaster area since the tsunami.
An isolated disaster area with blocked roads. I heard a sudden, lively laugh, looked back, and saw a little girl running toward me chasing the ball. A lady standing next to me says almost to herself, “That voice is what keeps me going…” The little girl caught up with the ball, picked it up and looked up, and all around her were mountains of rubbles and Self-Defense Force soldiers trying to rescue some people underneath all that.
How do the children see this abnormal sight that’s not in TV, but right in front of their eyes? How do their hearts perceive their town that went through so much change? We are going to get some volunteers to go play with the children in evacuation centers starting this weekend. May God protect the hearts of children. (by Pastor Yoshiya Kondo)