Tensions

Our adopted home country is in the midst of a territorial dispute with Japan. The islands in question have a long and controversial past and for whatever reason they are at the middle of today’s conflict. There have been numerous protests around the city and we have been told to stay away from the downtown area. There are a few families at school who are very concerned about the future of Japanese citizens living here. We know one family where the wife is Japanese, the children are citizens, but the husband is an American. They fear if the tensions continue that she and the kids could be deported. Monday we were greeted by two huge banners hanging on the Chinese school that said something like “The islands are ours and we have the sovereign right to protect them.” I, in my ignorance, didn’t even notice the banners and had no clue what they were about until that evening someone was talking about them. I tend to not even register things that I don’t understand, so you can imagine that there are a million things my brain just blocks out throughout the day!  We commit this to our Father and ask that you lift it up as well.