All around the world people are responding to the crises in Japan in the only way they know how. By praying. When you feel hopeless, when the images of tragedy upon tragedy overwhelm you, pray. The best, and for most of us right now the only, thing we can do is to pray to our God. Lord Have Mercy.

As people around the prayed, a group in Japan took it upon themselves to thank the world for their prayers. This video was made for CNN ireport, may it propel you further into prayer for that nation.

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Thank you for praying.
My place was not much damaged.
But, the disaster is still coming to other areas, especially in the Tohoku area.
 
The concept of this video is to tell you that we are alive, have smile and want to say thank you.

People in this video tried to collect contributions on the street for the Tohoku area.
 
We are under the anxiety, but I think that we can help each other with smiles even in such matter.

We are also praying and we are doing what we can do for Japan.
So please, we need your help.

Lord Have Mercy