Being in Asia makes me realize that the islands in the Pacific though separated by bodies of water, culture, religions and degree of advancement in governance, industrialization, and politics, the event of last Friday's tsunami devastation after the 9.0 earthquake in Japan clearly shows how one island's tragic event can reverberate to other parts of the world.
There are hundreds of thousands of OFW (overseas foreign workers) from the various neighboring countries that are working in Japan, and some or maybe most of them have families there now as well. The 10 meter tsunami might not have hit the neighboring shores from Japan but it has affected families almost everywhere.
How sad it is that, it has to take such levels of tragedy for everyone in Asia to get to be ONE. How sad, indeed.
I have a friend, who knows a friend that have family members still unaccounted for, the thought of not knowing where a close relative is after such a calamity must be heart-breaking. . yet what can anyone do? Really?
At church we took a moment of silence and we have been encouraged to say a daily silent prayer for those we do not know, but what counts is that we pray to give those that cannot pray for themselves that we, together, extend strength and determination to make it through this very,very tough times. The fear of a nuclear fallout is scary but we must hope for the best. For the dark clouds that loom over Japan can affect everyone in any country in Asia, with radiation threatening to cross the waters anyone is in danger of what this can bring. We are all fearful of what this might do to a poor nation in its immediate proximity but again we can only hope for the best.
Japan has always been disciplined and have been known to rise from the ashes, we admire them for such qualities. And they will recover, we are sure of that. Our thoughts are with you.
Tomorrow will be another day.
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