Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Thank You Again

It's already been 5 days since the earthquake. I haven't felt like doing anything in the meanwhile. Fortunately my area has been little affected. A part of the town was only flooded by the small-scale tsunami. I am really thankful that we are all safe and didn't lose any of our friends or relatives. But the suffering of those affected is still lingering. Many of them haven't been able to see their children or parents yet. More than 10,000 people are still missing. My heart is wrenching thinking about it. At the evacuation areas, all sorts of stuff come short, food, water, heating, fuel, lines of communication, transportation for essentials. Besides we are intimidated by possibility of nuclear explosions. We are going through such a severe ordeal that we've never had before. However, everyone in Japan started stepping forward to overcome it. The relief teams from abroad arrived in Japan. I saw many people outside of Japan considering donation for Japan in all kinds of ways. I was very touched to tears. All Japanese and foreigners who live in Japan know that everyone around world is praying for them. It has absolutely become a big big power to bear up under this disaster. They really appreciate it.


Many of my dear buddies sent me messages, concern, thoughts and prayers, really cheered me up. I appreciate all of them. Thanks again from the bottom of my heart.

9 comments:

  1. Pray for you and your family, may God will always bless you all at this toughest time. Take care and stay safe dear!

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  2. It is so good to hear from you. My heat is breaking for everyone over there in Japan, and my prayers will continue. Everyone is so worried about all those missing, and we would do anything we could to help. So sorry this has happened and we are pulling for Japan to get through this ordeal. It is hard to find any words that could help. Thank you for taking the time to post this.

    Lyndsey

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  3. No word could describe how we feel about that terrible situation !! we are all japanese right now !! all our thoughts are going to japanese people

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  4. I wish I could do more. When I watch the footage on TV, what I notice most is how everyone is working together to recover--that gives me hope! I send you and your family lots of positive thoughts and virtual hugs (and cookies!)...and please stay safe and keep us updated on how you're doing!

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  5. Thank you for the update!

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  6. We are all glad your family is ok. We can see the love in your family from your photos of their bento boxes. The whole world is sending love (and much more) to the Japanese people! Kisses from England!

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  7. Just so happy to hear you are doing alright! Stay strong -- our prayers are with you still! Ganbatte Japan!

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  8. Dear Izumi,

    Thank you for sharing. Japan is so very present in our hearts and minds...all wishes for recovery and renewal.

    Warm hugs,
    Jenn

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