Kaoru Matsumoto, Japan
"When I became sick, I had no choice but to come here. I was 17 at that time. Since then I started thinking about why I was born and why I was here and then I started reading the Bible.
"When I went blind, I didn't have a tape recorder so I memorized the whole Bible."
Zen Kan Kyo (National Association of Persons Affected by Hansen's Disease by known as Zen Ryo Kyo), Japan
"These memories break our hearts.... We must consider ourselves to be fortunate in that we can record our memories, so that we can have a record of what has happened."
