I just checked the Wikipedia list of 2011 earthquake yesterday after knowing about the New Zealand Christchurch earthquake and today, there are 2 more on the list: Sendai, Japan, and Yunnan, China.
I felt so heart-sunken by all the disasters that happened. There are so much grief, so much anxiety, so much pressure on the victims, on the rescue team, on the government. Pain has not just tore through the earth, but it has tore apart the souls and hearts of those affected, and separated by the earthquakes.
The first time I felt sad about all the people affected by natural disaster was the 2004 tsunami that struck Acheh. I remembered clearly, as I was alone at home and my family is away for holiday. I just finished mopping the floor, and I heard the news on TV. I stopped my hands, and sat down on the coffee table. Watching people displaced from their home, tears rolled down my cheeks, and I felt so much need to go to help them, but I can't go.
Same thing happened when I watched the news on Japan earthquake, though this time I didn't cry, I felt such strong desire to be present there and help with the rescue effort. Once, I didn't know why I felt so strongly towards victims of natural disaster; now, I am sure there is a place for my service in such situation, and God is preparing me for it. There is a reason I get to study architecture, that I get to come Perth, and I get to grow in faith and love. There is so much empowerment in the speech today in combined cell meeting, I know I am going in the right direction.
I dedicate my life for the lives and service of others.
May this be the reflection of my life at the end: 2 Timothy 4:7
