Hyotenka
Vicky writes an update about her husband Seiju: "
He's a liason officer in 'real life' and that is his job now. He spends a
lot of time either in and around the gym that is now their base, or
travelling to different towns to assess need and listen to requests from
the city officials.
He's tired, bad tempered and has a cold. He says
everyone is tired, bad-tempered and have colds right now!"
Please pray for stamina and health for Seiju and the 300 other men helping with this project.
She also posts about socks: "I spent part of today packing up a box of
socks for Japan.
A group in Honshu [main island of Japan" have been driving truckloads of socks packed in
single pairs into ziplock bags, and including a personal message.
There
have been some naysayers who criticized this project, saying it's a
waste of resources to buy socks made in China, sent to other countries,
bought in small amounts and sent on to Japan. This may be true from an
economics point of view, but from a human point of view, that kind of
attitude stinks. The fact is that many people were forced to run from
their homes with no shoes on, or had their clothes and shoes ripped from
them as they were caught in the waves. Even if they arrived at the
evacuation centres fully dressed and dry, they have now been over two
weeks with no change of clothes. I can tell you from my four days in
Frankfurt airport that when I finally got my feet into a pair of clean
socks, it was a little piece of heaven.
Add
to that the personal touch that a note gives, and it's priceless. Right
now in the evacuation centres there is not a lot to do, so there is a
lot of time to sit and think about the huge hurdles ahead. If by sending
a box of socks to pick through, and a letter to read and compare with
your friends, that brings five minutes of brightness into an otherwise
long, cold day, then I think it's a project well worth supporting, don't
you?
If you would like to send some socks, please do so. They are taking
socks of any amount from any country. One or two pairs would not cost
much to send. You can write a note in English or Japanese. I included a
lot of photos in mine but anything goes. A bright postcard with a simple
one line note would be fine. I've linked the site at the top of this
blog post, so go and have a look for ideas if you'd like to take part.
It's a small, practical way to help.
Please pray the thoughtful gift of socks as well as the personal notes with them will communicate love and caring to the refugees.
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