Last night I got a major wake up call.
After dinner, I was sitting in my room when the
small house (and everything in it) began to shake.
Earthquake.
It only lasted a few moments, but it gave me a
completely different view of this country. I ran outside to meet the
others - my heart pounding, sweaty palms, shaky hands.
Then I realized, if I was this shaken up after
only a few moments of uncertainty, I honestly have no idea how people felt here
after the earthquake. They've shared that it was total chaos and that the
earth shook for days afterwards (some 50+ aftershocks in the two weeks that
followed), but I had no perspective on what they felt. To experience it
on the smallest of scales gave me a clearer understanding of the fear they
faced and continue to conquer.
If I was that shaken up after it, I haven't a
clue what it was like for these people to lose family and friends, see the dead
stacked and laying on the side of the road, not being able to find others,
losing their homes, losing their business and being hungry and thirsty for days
because there was nothing to eat and no clean water to drink after the
earthquake.
Last night was just a little shake, but the
memory of it will serve as a reminder to me of all the things these brave
people have overcome and that you never know when your last day on earth will
be.
Read a short article on the earthquake at ABC News.
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