This morning when I viewed my Facebook page, Amy Grant had posted an image of a beautiful rainbow at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii.
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Philippines being across the International Dateline was soon to face a similar fate.
My mother, Marie Stoiber had just turned eighteen. She had written a letter to my father, Jacob Johler and it was dated December 7, 1941. She spoke about a fire in their neighborhood. As she wrote the correspondence, she had no idea what was happening half a world away.
I am especially touched by the presence of the rainbow as this is one of the ways that God gives me confirmation that I must persevere in this task. When I want to stop or give up on the massive project that has so far has taken well over a decade of my time, he shows me rainbows and other signs to let me know that He walks with me.
Today, I thank Amy for going to visit the memorial. This lifelong task of compiling this material to share the faith testimony and stories of those who suffered is a very hard task.
The reading, the research, the graphic nature of this material causes great pain when one considers so much of the same is taking place today.
We must continue to pray for peace.
Johlerpow and Zale et al. 
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on May 6, 2014