Friends in Japan

Some of you are aware that I have dear friends in Japan from an English as a Second Language (ESL) class as well as a Bible study. The husbands work in Japanese/US plants in Decatur and all know that they will be in the States for months or years and then return to Japan. During this time I have become very fond of some of them and so the earthquake news was especially alarming. Thankfully most of them live in the Osaka area, which is 350 miles from Tokyo. But I did get an e-mail from Mari Shimazu in Tokyo and they were fine--toys and dishes fell to the floor but otherwise OK. Sadly few realize that death and suffering result from the sin that marred the perfect world that God created in the beginning. But there is hope to be found in Jesus Christ.