A letter from Japan

Let's continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Japan. I can only imagine what must be going through the minds and hearts of the people right now.
Below is a letter from a friend of a friend, Sakiko Sato who attended F&M. Having this sort of connection only makes the disaster even more real. Please read the letter and continue to pray for our friends.
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hello everyone.

first, I want to thank you all for thinking of us. ありがとう！

I am writing the recent situation that I actually see and hear at this point.

I live in Sendai which is located in the central area in the prefecture called Miyagi. Miyagi is the most damaged area because of this serious earthquake in Japan. but, of course, all the area especially in north-east Japan are deadly damaged today.

it is really difficult to get food to eat.

people are standing in line in front of supermarkets and convinience stores to buy food and water, but stores no longer have things to sell.

we can somehow get food at evacuation areas such as schools, but they only supply 2 rice balls per day or so. we can also get water to drink there, but have to stand in long line.

we also need gasoline.

most of the gasoline stations has stopped bacause of the earthquake, but there are some we can get gas.

but countless of people are coming and it takes more than 8 hrs to get a little amout of gas.

we need to ride a car to go out to get food and water, to visit familes and friends to know their safe, and (it is really hard to say) to go to mortuaries to check our friends' and families' dead bodies.

but at least it's fortinate if they could identify friends' and families' dead bodies.

there are still 20 thousand of bodies on the shores and under the broken houses that resque parties haven't reached yet.

most of the cities in north-east Japan are peaceful in general.

however, because of this chaos, it has been getting worse.

some people are quarreling on the street.

I heard that some women were raped in downtown.

hungry people break into closed stores to get food and water.

water,electricity and gas has all stopped in most of the area except downtow area.

shinkansen has stopped.

trains have stopped. (some stations are now under the water.)

buses are running only in certain areas.

airplains have stopped in my prefecture. (sendai airport are now under the water.)

people are all stressed out.

fortunately, it has been warm and sunny the past few days.

however, today it is going to be snowy and extremely freezing in north-east Japan.

a lot of people are staying at evacuation areas without heaters.

they no longer have home to go back.

these are only limited information I know.

the situation may be (and will be) much worse.

we are all trying hard to survive this crisis.

we all need YOUR help.

Thanks,

Saki from Japan

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There is so much need for prayer right now. Let's do everything we can to help.