Earthquake Letter of Sympathy. Please help me translate this into Japanese?

Question:

I need to send a letter to Japan. Please help me translate this into Japanese. Thank you.

Dear my friend in Japan.

I heard about the earthquake, it is truly terrible.
I pray that everything will recover soon.

From your friend in America.

Answer:

The first answer looks like the one made by machine translation.　

>Dear my friend in Japan.
ニホンノユウジンノミナサマ

>I heard about the earthquake, it is truly terrible.
ジシンニツイテキキマシタ。トテモオソロシイコトデス。

>I pray that everything will recover soon.
スベテガフッコウスルヨウオイノリシテイマス。

>From your friend in America.
アメリカノユウジンヨリ。