#537 Typhoon Relief

Updates to This Project

Permalink Update from Doug Penner on December 22, 2011 at 6:21pm

Email from Gwen French (friend of Darrell's) who are in the area hit by the typhoon....

HI FRIENDS.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MAYBE THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT WE DID LOST EVERYTHING. I CAN'T GET TO THAT AREA YET. THE SITUATION HERE IS HORRID. THE STORM WIPED OUT VILLAGES. I GOT INTO A PLACE THE OTHER DAY WITH THE REVO, AND IT WAS REALLY MUDDY, AND THAT PLACE WASN'T ON THE RIVER SIDE. THE FIRST SCHOOL, WAS ON THE RIVER SIDE...IM NOT SURE IF THAT SCHOOL EVEN EXISTS, MAYBE THE PEOPLE ALL DIED AS WELL!! EVERYONE IS SO VERY BUSY THAT I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ATT. YOUNG YET. WE ARE THINKING OF GETTING SOME FAMILIES TO STAY IN OUR SHED. THERE ARE more than 43,000 housed in cramped evacuation centers AND 276,000 HOMELESS. I VISITED 2 OF THE CENTERS THE OTHER DAY AND IT HAD BAD SMELL EVEN OUTSIDE. THEY ARE SCARED OF DISEASE AMONG THE PEOPLE NOW.

WE HAVE WATER AND POWER, BUT THE HOUSE NEXT TO US...(THE HOUSE WITH ALL THE DEAF PEOPLE AND EVEN SOME FOREIGNERS), HAVE NO WATER, 20+ PEOPLE THERE. WE RUN OUR PUMP AND GIVE THEM WATER THROUGH THE WATER HOSE INTO THEIR BARRELS ON THEIR PROPERTY.

DEAD BODIES HAVE BEEN PILED UP NEAR THE FUNERAL PARLORS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LEFT FOR DAYS...THEY JUST HAVE A BLUE TARP OVER THE BODIES. IN CDO THEY THREW THE BODIES IN THE GARBAGE DUMP, THE PEOPLE ARE SO UPSET. THE BODIES ARE EXPOSED TO THE SUN AND FLIES EATING THEM. ITS HORRIBLE!! THERE IS OVER 1,000 BODIES FOUND NOW, AND STILL MANY MISSING. THE BODIES ARE EVEN FLOATING IN THE SEA.

ANYWAY, I WILL TRY TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS WITH THE FILTERS.

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS WITH YOUR FAMILY.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

GWEN

Permalink Update from Doug Penner on December 23, 2011 at 2:45pm

Email typhoon update from Gwen....

THANKS FRIENDS. WE WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

I WENT AROUND TO 2 OF THE CENTERS TODAY AGAIN. THEY HAD NURSES THERE TO CHECK THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE. ALSO IN THE CITY THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH MASKS ON...I THINK THEY ARE SCARED TO CATCH SOMETHING FROM ALL THE PEOPLE.

OUR GUARD TOLD ME TONIGHT THAT THE WATER SYSTEM HAS MAJOR PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING. THE PIPES ARE DAMAGED BAD AND THE HOLDING TANK, THAT IS WHY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE WATER. THE WATCHER OF THE TANKS ALSO DIED. WE ARE ON A DIFFERENT WATER SOURCE SO WE STILL HAVE WATER, EVEN THOUGH OUR NEIGHBOR DON'T.

THERE ARE SO MANY SAD STORIES, AND MANY MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED. ONE MAN SAID THAT HE LOST 18 UNCLES, CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING 18 UNCLES TO LOSE?? NOW THE MAN HAS TO TAKE HIS 10,000 PESO BONUS FROM HIS JOB TO BURY HIS UNCLES.

ANOTHER STORY WAS THAT NEIGHBORS WENT TO A 2 STORY HOUSE AND ASKED FOR HELP. THE DOOR WAS ALREADY BLOCKED BY THE THICK MUD AND WATER...SO THE OWNER LOWERED A ROPE. THE PEOPLE TIED UP A NEW BABY AND THE MAN HAULED THE BABY UP, AND THEN HE GOT THE KIDS AND THEN THE ADULTS. ALL WERE SAVED!! PRAISE GOD. AFTER THE STORM A MUSLIM MAN AS WHAT THEY NEEDED, THEY SAID DIAPERS AND FOOD, SO HE HELPED THEM. THEY WERE STUCK ON THE ROOF UNTIL OUR NEIGHBOR LENT HER LADDER.

LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT HELPED BY THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF REMOTE AREAS, LIKE WERE KAYE AND I WENT BY BIKE. I STILL HAVEN'T TALKED TO ATT. YOUNG ABOUT THE SITUATION OF THE WATER UNITS. SHE IS SO BUSY. THE LAST TIME I TEXTED HER SHE DIDN'T ANSWER.

OUR FRIENDS FATHER TOLD ME TODAY THAT AT 11PM THE WATER WAS AT HIS NECK AND ALSO HIS WIFES IN THEIR ROOM.
THEIR DAUGHTER GOT ON THE ROOF. I CAME HOME AT 1AM THAT NIGHT FROM CDO. GOD REALLY PROTECTED ME FROM THE FLOODS. AT TIMES MY LITTLE CAR WAS LIKE A BOAT.

ONE WOMAN SAID THAT HER NEIGHBOR WAS TEXTING HER FOR HELP BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE COULDN'T HELP HER BECAUSE SHE HAD TO SAVE HERSELF FOR HER FAMILY. SHE KNEW THAT THE OLDER WOMAN WOULD SLOW HER DOWN...SO SHE SNAPPED OFF HER PHONE. HER NEIGHBOR DIED AND ALSO THE DAUGHTER.

I GOT TO GO FRIENDS. I'M FALLING ASLEEP WHILE EMAILING. HEHEHE. BED TIME, IT 11:35PM.

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

GWEN

Bodies under the blue tarp for days:

Salvaging:

Permalink Update from Doug Penner on January 5, 2012 at 11:52am

From Jed on Facebook....

Jed Rosano 8:21am Jan 3
hi dear friends and avid partners in mission jedid'IAH

thank you so much for all your support in the last 4 mission jedid'IAH.
i am overwhelmed not only by your generosity but most importantly but your willingness and readiness to join whatever GOD is doing.

on january 13, after our prayer and fasting, i have heard GOD is sending me to the site of the typhoon. the aim will be to give tangible love of the LORD to the hungry and the desperate. we will continue to listen to what HE wants to do and then we will do it.

i need your prayers and your support.
whatever the LORD is leading you to do, as long as you are willing, it is acceptable.
thank you for partnering with the work of the LORD in all these.
together with JESUS, let's share HIS tangible love to the desperate and the hungry...

God bless us all!

to GOD alone be all the glory and the honor.

/jed