May 30th, 2008, 18 days after Wenchuan earthquake, we visited Pengzhou and Dujiangyan. We saw Militia helped villagers moving out furniture, then tore down the already broken houses. Along the road, you will see miles of houses torn down. Many pets that we saw are still shivering, while people learned to be strong and cope with the loss of their loved one, even with smiles (This grandpa lost his wife and only son. He life was spared only because he was working in the corn field at the time the earthquake happened). Over thousands of years, the word for healing of heart/soul is not in our vocabulary. People simply suppress their true feeling, esp. in front of media or strangers. This is the aspect we will work on. Many still lives in temporary shelter. In the mean time, many local small businesses reopened. We’ll be in the north today. (click to download video clips.)

Pleading for these people with Deut. 4:27-31; Ps. 86; Isa. 32:15-18; Rev. 2.

The earthquake caused a series of landslides and created lakes that are now ready to overflow. Nearby towns within 100 miles could be flooded. So far 200,000 people have been evacuated, but there are 1,000,000 more people to be evacuated from the threatened area.