Since a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula in early January of this year, nearly 1,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have volunteered to help — donating at least 6,000 hours of their time to the Lord and their neighbors and traveling to the area almost weekly to serve. On Dec. 7, members of the Nagoya, Nagoya East, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and the local Kanazawa stakes gathered at Ishizaki Nursery School in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture, reported the Church’s Japan Newsroom. Nagoya Japan East Stake President Hiroaki Sugimoto spoke to Japan Newsroom about how the effort helped the love and light of Christ reach those families, as the Light the World initiative invites.