The Earthquake Drill That Wasn't a Drill
On March 11, 2011, students at Kamaishi East Junior High School in Japan had practiced tsunami drills so many times that some rolled their eyes...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 21:25-36.
On March 11, 2011, students at Kamaishi East Junior High School in Japan had practiced tsunami drills so many times that some rolled their eyes at the routine. But their teacher, Tadao Katagiri, never let them slack off. "When the shaking comes," he repeated every semester, "you don't think. You move to high ground." When the magnitude 9. 0 earthquake struck that Friday afternoon, the students didn't freeze.…
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