震災救援コーディネーター 佐藤省三
苦しみに会ったことは、私にとってしあわせでした。私はそれであなたのおきてを学びました。 詩篇１１９章７１節
阿部克衛さんは、気仙沼市本郷にある（有）愛隣オフセット印刷社の社長である。社員は奥さまの久子さんと娘さん夫婦の４人。
２０１１年３月１１日、東日本大震災が起きたその日、阿部さん夫妻は宣教師として奉仕中の長女を訪ねてアジアのある国におられた。
そこで、震災の知らせが入った。気仙沼が大変なことになっていると聞き、その後の予定を全部キャンセルして帰ろうとしたが、実際に帰り着けたのは１５日だった。
"A Story of Airinsha"
Shozo Sato of relief assistance coordinator
"It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes". (Psalm 119:71)
Mr. Katsue Abe is a president of Airin Offset Printing Company in Hongo, Kesennuma city. He lives with his wife Hisako and his daughter's family of two.
When the Great East Japan Earthquake took place on the 11th March, 2011, Mr. and Mrs. Abe were in a certain country of Asia to visit their eldest daughter in the service as a missionary.
They received the news of the earthquake there. And they knew that Kesennuma was very serious situation and a big damage from the news, therefore they canceled all appointments after that, and then they were finally able to return to Kesennuma on March 15.
朝日新聞ニュースから。気仙沼市鹿折（ししおり）地区の様子
This is the disaster situation of affected district of Shishiori in Kesennuma city. ( Asahi newspaper company).
印刷所のそばを流れる大川の様子
This is the disaster situation of River Okawa by Mr. Abe's printing company.
自宅跡に立たれる久子さん。
ここは、「コイノニアハウス」という多くの方々の交わりの場として使われていた。
Hisako San that stands in the ruins home of her, where was also known as "Koinonia House", lot of people used the "place of fellowship" too.
印刷工場も１．６メートルの泥水が浸入し、４０年にわたり築き上げてきた１億円相当の印刷設備が壊滅的な被害を受けた。
Muddy water of 1.6 meters high was also printing plant invasion, and 100 million yen worth of printing facilities have suffered catastrophic damage that they have been built up over the forty years.
阿部さんはこう話された。
「気仙沼に戻り被災した工場に一歩足を踏み入れた時、その現状の凄まじさに思わず足がすくみ、絶望的な気持ちに襲われて再起することは不可能と思い、家内とともに悔しさと将来に対する不安で涙するのみでした。」
そして、避難所での生活が始まった。
（右から阿部さんと奥さんの久子さん。娘さんの家族）
This is the disaster situation in the printing plant.
"When I returned to Kesennuma and I set one foot in my damaged factory, my feet were freezing in spite of the situation to the dreadfulness of that. And I was attacked by a feeling of hopeless, and I thought that was impossible and made a comeback, and I was the only cry in frustration and anxiety for the future with my wife". Mr. Abe said.
And then they began their life in the shelter. (Picture below: Mr. and Mrs. Abe and their daughter's family from right side.
私たち夫婦が昨年４月に初めて気仙沼を訪れたとき、１７日が日曜日だったので、紹介された気仙沼第一聖書バプテスト教会の礼拝が愛隣印刷所で開かれるというので、出席した。
As we couple first visited the Kesennuma last April was just 17 on Sunday, Kesennuma First Bible Baptist Church that we were introduced was carried out the worship in the Airin printing house, and then we attended the worship there.
外は高く積み上げられたガレキの山、流れ出た冷凍の魚が腐って、強烈な匂いが漂い、ハエが異常発生していた。
ようやく水道が使えるようになったばかりで、電気もまだ来ていなかった。寒いので防寒着に身を包み、１０数人の方たちと礼拝をささげた。
お昼をいただいたが、カセットコンロで沸かしたお湯を注いで作ったカップラーメンだった。
うしろに掛けてある旧約聖書雅歌の標語が素晴らしい。
「大水もその愛を消すことはできません。洪水も押し流すことはできません。」
上の写真の前列右端の嶺岸浩先生は、会堂と牧師館を流され、今も仮設住宅住まいである。しかし、メッセージは主の恵みと力に溢れていた。
Outside was a mountain of rubble piled high, frozen rotten fish was flowing, intense smell drifts, fly anomaly had occurred.
Just turned finally able to use water, electricity and had not yet come. I dressed in warm coat so cold, and devoted to worship with people of a dozen.
Lunch was a cup-ramen noodle that poured some hot water boiled in the portable gas stove.
The Canticles of the Old Testament of some over the back is wonderful.
"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it". (Canticles 8:7a)
Pastor Hiroshi Minegishi the far right front row of the photo above is carried away both his church building and his house or vicarage by tsunami, and he lives a temporary housing even now, but his sermons are full of power and grace of the Lord.
教会は震災に負けていなかったのだ。この日も午後２時から支援物資を配布する無料バザーが開かれた。自身、被災者でありながら、教会の役割を忘れないで、隣人たちの必要に応えようとする姿勢に深い感銘を受けた。
印刷所の被害は決して小さくなかった。
But church just did not have lost the great disaster. Free bazaar to distribute relief supplies was held at the church at 2:00 p.m. this day. I received a deep impression from the attitude that was going to affect the need of neighbors without forgetting the role of the church while being himself victim.
The damage of printing company was not small at all.
大量の「製品」が廃棄物となった。
It became the large quantity of "products" disposal.
道路の端に積み上げておけば、市がガレキを撤去してくれる。
City administration removes the debris with heavy machinery when you pile up debris beside a road.
蓄えてあった貴重な「紙」も濡れて、捨てなければならなかった。
２０１１年５月１日日曜日の朝、使えなくなった印刷機材が運び出され１０トントラック２台に積み込まれ、スクラップになるのを見送った時、阿部さんは筆舌に尽くせない悔しさとさ寂しさを感じられたという。
The precious "much paper" which they saved got wet and had to throw them away.
When the print machine parts which were not usable are carried out and are loaded onto two 10 tons of trucks by workers and saw off what is scrapped on the morning of Sunday of May 1, 2011, it is said that Mr. Abe was felt vexation and loneliness not to be able to make for description.
この日の礼拝は、まだ泥かきの終わらないブルーシートを敷いたままの印刷所の畳の部屋で行われ、シンガポールや韓国、アメリカからボランティアとして来たクリスチャンたち４０名が参加されていた。
その時、阿部さんの三女の夫が新潟県から手伝いにきておられ、礼拝に出て、そこでイエス・キリストを信じる信仰告白をされたのである。
阿部さんたちはこのために１０年の間祈り続けて来られたとのことで、先ほどの寂しさが吹っ飛ぶような大きな喜びに満たされた。
The worship of this day was performed in the room of the tatami mat of the printing company where the blue plastic seat which was not over the getting out mud work was still spread, and 40 Christians who came to Kesennuma city as a volunteer from Singapore, Korea, and U.S.A. attended at the worship too.
The husband of the third daughter of Mr. Abe from the Niigata prefecture just came to the help of the clean-up work, and he confessed his faith to believe Jesus Christ on the spot. Mr. Abe and his family continued to pray for the arrival of this day for ten years. His confession of faith would be satisfied by the big joy that the loneliness like the point vanished for Mr. Abe.
ガレキや印刷機材を運び出したあとの工場は、ボランティアの人たちが駆けつけてどんどんきれいになり、工場の半分のスペースは教会の仮の礼拝堂になった。
People of the volunteer rushed to the factory after being carried out debris and print machine parts and they cleared it steadily and then half space of the factory became the temporary chapel of the church.
そして、阿部さんたちは、娘さん夫婦の強い願いもあって、印刷所を再開する決意をされた。
それから印刷に使うパソコンが贈られ、中古の裁断機がはいり、紙折り機や製本機がはいり、カラーオンデマンド機、単色の印刷機もはいり、小規模ながらいろいろな注文に応えられる体制が整い、２０１１年５月下旬には業務を再開することができた。
And as for a strong wish of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Abe made up their mind to reopen a print company.
And they were able to reopen print duties in the end of May, 2011 as a result that the system which a PC to use for print was donated, and a used paper cutting machine, a paper folding machine, a bookbinding machine, a color on-demand printing machine, and a monochrome press were delivered, and was met for a various order in spite of being small scale was set.
このようにして、印刷所と教会は同居することになった。
A church became to live together with a print company in this way. (Both sign of Kesennuma First Bible Baptist Church and Airinsha printing company in the picture.)
気仙沼第一聖書バプテスト教会の礼拝風景。出席者も増えている。
Worship scenery of Kesennuma First Bible Baptist Church. The attendants gradually increase too.
各地から被災地を訪れるボランティアの皆さんもここを訪ねられる。
そしてここは、自身が被災者でありながら、この地域に救援物資を届ける「拠点」としても用いられている。
Volunteers coming over to the stricken areas from each place visits here.
And this place is used as "the base" that delivers relief supplies to this area while pastor oneself is a victim.
ようやく、笑顔が戻ったご家族の写真。
Photograph (below) of the family whom a smile finally returned to.
昨年の秋、新しいチャレンジがあった。
キリスト教出版社「いのちのことば社」から阿部さんに、伝道用のパンフレットの印刷をお願いできないだろうか、という話があったのである。
嬉しい話ではあるが、そのためには、新品で４千万円もするオフセット印刷機が必要だった。
あちこち手を尽くして捜したら「展示品」が一台見つかり、整備をした上で３千万円で入手できるという。阿部さんは信仰をもって決断し、知合いに趣意書を送り、支援を募った。
そして、２０１２年３月２３日に印刷機が入った。
They had a new challenge last autumn. It was a print request of pamphlets for missionary outreach from Christian publishing company "Inochino Kotoba" publishing company. It was a nice proposal for him, but therefore it was necessary for Mr. Abe to prepare for the offset press which did 40 million yen with a new article. As a result of having looked for it here and there at once, a " display " was found in him one and price was 30 million yen, but seemed to be able to use it if they maintained it. Mr. Abe decided to buy this printing press with faith and at first he sent a prospectus to acquaintances and gathered support and donation.
As a result, he was able to purchase a printing press on March 23, 2012.
私は３月２６日に愛隣社を訪ねてお祝いを申しあげ、いっしょに感謝の祈りを捧げた。
I visited "Airinnsha" on March 26, 2012 and talked about a celebration and thanksgiving prayer with them.
私が訪ねた時、ちょうどお茶の時間で、ボランティアの男性とパートの方たちが休んでおられた。
このときは、仙台にある神学校で使う教科書の製本作業をしておられ、納期が近いので教会の方が手伝いに来ていた。
When I visited there, a volunteer worker of man and some part-time employees just took a break in a tea time.
They were just working on the bookbinding of the textbooks to use at a theological college of Sendai city and did it. In addition, some church members came to help partly because the appointed date of delivery approached.
いのちのことば社からの依頼は、同じ震災の被災者である、福島第一聖書バプテスト教会の佐藤彰先生が書かれたパンフレット「闇に輝く光」を、この新しい印刷機で最初に刷ってほしい、ということだった。
この教会は同じ保守バプテスト同盟の福島県大熊町にあり、福島第一原子力発電所から５キロ離れた所にある。
３年前に建てた新しい会堂が、放射能の影響で使えなくなり、町から住民がいなくなり、教会は集団で避難生活を送っておられる。
"Inochino Kotoba" publishing company has asked to print the brochure called "A light shining in the darkness" written by pastor Akira Sato of Fukushima First Bible Church who is also same disaster victim as Mr. Abe in his new printing press at first.
This church also belongs to the same conservative Baptist alliance as Kesennuma church and is located in the town of Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, only 5 km distance from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that caused the nuclear accident on March 11, last year.
Under the influence of the radioactivity will not be able to use the new church was built three years ago, and no longer have residents from the town, the church people have been forced to live in a group and evacuation too.
「苦しみに会ったことは、私にとって幸せでした。私はそれであなたのおきて（愛）を学びました。」詩篇１１９篇７１節
阿部さんはこの聖書のことばを噛みしめておられる。
この大試練の中で多くの助け手を通して、私を立ち上がらせてくださった計り知れない神様の愛を知ることができ、どんな苦しみの中でも私を愛してくださるお方がそば近くにおられることを知り、全てのものを失ってもなお余りある幸せを感じている、と話しておられた。
"It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees (love)". (Psalm 119:71)
Mr. Abe is woven clenching this Words of Bible now, and he says as follows:
"Through the help of many hands, I was able to know the love of God who immeasurable let me stand up in this large trial. I learned that the One who loves us even me in pain and what are folded closed to the side. And I felt that happiness is still too much to lose everything now at this time".
〔Written by pastor Sato Shozo of Miyazaki Minami church〕
〔Translated by Takanori Sasaki of JMF chair〕
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