Bringing War Home (these are Canadian graves in The Netherlands. Each Christmas time, Dutch school children still put lights by each grave to honor the allied soldiers who liberated Holland May, 1945) (some how a mom manages a smile in the midst of starvation conditions. Women and Children's …
Jappen Kampen
30 Days of Light – Prayer for Japan
Who prays for Japan? All of us, I hope. Here is a special prayer. Fred, my wonderful octogenarian friend who survived the World War II Japanese concentration camps (Jappenkampen) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) sent this to me. He does not recall having a sense of faith while in the camps. …
30 Days of Light – Japan
Japan for me today, sorrow about the severe quake. Here is only one photo of wreckage, and nearby, we hope, are those who are being found and rescued. Japan through the years for my father and family -- some of my family are survivors of Japanese concentration camps which imprisoned Europeans in …