THE WORST FLOODING IN DECADES…
You’ve probably heard of the horrible flooding in Manila last weekend. And by strange coincidence, we were in Manila for shopping and meetings, instead of safe at home on Palawan. So we thought we’d tell you how it was for us…
God was good and protected us and kept us from going out on Saturday as planned. We might have gotten stranded in another part of town, or worse yet, stuck in a taxi halfway home blocked (or surrounded) by rushing water on all sides. We had to cancel several other planned engagements since we and the people we hoped to see were on opposite sides of the deeper water and flooded bridges.
For countless others, however, the flooding was a devastating nightmare. A number of people we know were affected, among them: one friend, our NTM Manila bookkeeper and his family, had 7′ of water downstairs for 48 hours, with their car submerged the whole time, while they huddled upstairs praying; one of our Filipina teachers who guides our new missionaries in their language study was stuck on a second story roof in the rain all night until she could be rescued by kayak; others of our mission’s Filipino office staff also lost everything but their lives. The stories are countless and we only personally know a few. Many families across the city actually did lose loved ones, including many small children who were swept away.
BACK ON PALAWAN…
We were able to return to Palawan on Monday and get back to work on the translation. Progress continues at a steady and encouraging pace. Next week Bill will have 4 men here to work on revising all the newly-drafted chapters he’s been working on. Donna will use Susing, one of the men, to record some chapters in the oral drafting step of the process.
PLEASE PRAY…
Please pray for health, strength and mental energy, as well as wisdom so that the week of work with the Palawano men will be very profitable.
Pray for those who were affected by the flooding and pray also that some other storms forming to the east of the Philippines will not bring heavy rain to Manila causing renewed flooding.
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Reaching Palawanos together with you,
-Bill and Donna