遠くにも良い友達 　Many good friends even far away

災害見舞：
連日報道されている今回の大雨災害自体は不幸な出来事ですが、私たちにも海外も含めて私たちを気付かってもらえる友人、知人がいることを再認識できたのは良いことです。
お気を遣いいただきありがとうございました。おかげで断水の影響以外には私たちには直接的な被害はありませんでした。
一方、私の兄には所有している畑の一部が崩れました。
そのがけ崩れは生活に支障のあるような損害ではなかったのですが、以前、近くに引っ越してきたブラジル人一家に彼がそれなりのお世話をした関係で、愛知県からはるばると夜中に車に食料や水を積んで駆け付けてくれていました。
私には直接の関係はありませんが、その気持ちと行動が嬉しいですね。
Sympathy for disaster:
The torrential rain disaster itself this time, which has been reported everyday by medias, is an unhappy accident, but it is good for me to have re-realized that I have many friends in the world, who showed their concern about us.
I thank them for being so considerate. Luckily we have had no direct damages except the influence by the disrupted water supply.
On the other hand, my brother had the landslide damage to their fields, which does not affect their daily life though.
But his family got a visit from a Brazilian family living in Aichi Prefecture now, who had been moved in his area a while ago and taken care of by my brother.
He kindly carried the food, vegetables and so on in his car driving at night all the way from Aichi.
I have no personal direct relationship with them, but felt very grateful for their thoughtful action.