Survivor

Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a 29-year-old engineer in Japan. On August 6, 1945, he was preparing to head back home after a three-month business trip in Hiroshima. On the way to the station, however, he realized he forgot an item at his workplace and went back to retrieve it. Upon returning to the station, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb only 3 km away from Yamaguchi. He was left with burns, ruptured eardrums, and temporary blindness from the ordeal, but he survived and was able to return to his hometown of Nagasaki 

Yamaguchi reported back to work three days later and was describing the experience to his supervisor. While talking to him, the American bomber Bockscar dropped another atomic bomb, this one also just three km away from Yamaguchi. Incredibly, he survived this blast as well, and is the only person officially recognized as having survived both explosions.

In Deuteronomy (31:6), we are encouraged to “be strong and courageous. … [God] will not leave you or forsake you.”

Our hope is that when this pandemic is over, we will all be able to look back and share our experiences of survival and isolation. The fact of the matter, however, is that we are never truly alone. God is always with us, and will never leave us or forsake us.

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