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We pulled up to the leper colony just as the sun slipped behind a cluster of rundown buildings. I climbed out of the van and followed our guide down an alley that wove past small homes. The guide paused at a home with a white door. “Hello,” he called in the native dialect. “We’re here to pray for people. Can …
I was sitting on the floor of a home for children at risk in India helping six-year-old Shresh do his homework. He had a little book of folded paper we gave him – he kept it as a prized treasure in his backpack with all his other homework. He would draw pictures, ask me for the English spelling of that …
In Iwaki, Japan, fears of radiation poisoning from the nearby nuclear meltdowns scattered neighbors and frightened away business. We went to Iwaki for a week to work alongside a relief organization. We cooked, washed dishes, cleaned, and did anything we could to serve. That week, we felt one of the many aftershocks from the earthquake (it measured a 6.7) but …
After Japan’s earthquake on March 11, we called our friends and ministry partners in Tokyo, Japan and received the following report. No Place to Go On the day of the quake, Hiro and his wife, Mayumi, were at their café, called The Decision, in Kanda, Tokyo to prepare for that night’s show. When the nation’s transportation system was suspended, thousands of …
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