Page 21 - Publishing Inspiration Christmas Card 2019
P. 21
knew how to speak Japanese. The two
men worked in a little rural community,
helping people who had lost almost
everything. The people had much of
their goods and food taken for the war
effort. Many had lost sons and
husbands. Lewis began to see these
people no longer as the enemy and the
cause of the war, but as a people who
were reluctantly forced to bear the
atrocities of it, just as he and his friends
had.
As Lewis's two years of service
were coming to a close, he realized his
heart had been changing. He loved
these people and realized that most of
them were no different than he was.
They did not want war. They wanted
18
