Ryan ChartrandHello students. As I’m sure you’ve heard, while most of us were sleeping away last Sunday night, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 hit China’s Sichuan province, killing (at the time of this writing) 40,000 people, and leaving 5 million homeless. Before the earthquake happened, cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar and left 78,000 dead, and 56,000 missing.
With this devastating loss of life, you might be thinking, “Man, that sucks” and continue on with your day. Well, I would like to challenge you to get out of that mindset, and spend some time with many of your fellow classmates in remembrance of what happened all the way around the world.
There is a candlelight vigil being held tonight from 8 to 10 p.m. Anyone is welcome to come or leave at any time, and it will be both informational as well as a time for reflection. There will also be opportunities for students to donate to World Vision, an organization already actively working in Asia.
Many of you may also be asking, “Well, what can I do? I’m just a poor college student.” It might sound like a cliché, but every little bit DOES help. $1 is equivalent to about 7.5 yuan in China, which is enough to buy seven bottles of water.
So, please show your solidarity with the rest of the human race by coming out on Thursday night.
P.S. If you are Christian, I would advise you to look up 1 John 3:16-18.