When the earthquake and tsunami struck the coast of Japan in March of last year, FH offered support to its partner Japan Int’l Food for the Hungry, which is responding through its network of church contacts. Below is an encouraging testimony of a community member impacted by the compassionate outreach of one church from the center of the disaster zone:
“We’d known that there was a church building, but we had no idea what it was like inside or
what people were doing there. It seemed a bit like a cult compound and none of us
wanted to get involved. We Japanese people have become wary of religion after
experiencing the 1995 subway sarin-gas attack by the so-called Aum Truth Cult. But when
the earthquake and tsunami hit us, it was this church and its people who extended helping
hands to us. They cared about us and provided us what is necessary for survival as food,
water, and other necessities. As I wanted to do something in return I started coming here
regularly to help them prepare for distributions of relief goods. Now, I feel comfortable
coming to this church. My daughter and her family sometimes come with me to help. I
now attend Sunday service, too. We are so grateful that the church was here.”
March 2012
