"Every day, she would mingle with us, chat with us and ask how we were doing," Chang said.
"And every morning, she would lead prayers with us and we would all sing songs together."
A devout Christian, Shimizu did not like to publicize her deeds, Kao said.
"Every once in a while, various organizations in Taiwan and Japan would offer to award her an honor and make a donation to Ai-ai Yuan after noting her devotion to the needy," he said.
But, Kao said, she always refused such offers, saying that in a Christian spirit, "the left hand shouldn't let the right hand know of the good deed it does."
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