Floods

While there have been many significant events since my last blog, which I will post about later, I felt I needed to make a special "Flood Blog" to show everyone in Australia a bit about what happened here, and also what was done with the generous donations.

For several weeks we have had heavy, continuous rain, which intensified with strong winds... I read that at least 60% of Manila was underwater. The church I have been sleeping in has been ok, but only a few minutes' walk away, the homes of some of my dear friends were completely covered. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced into evacuation centres... So many of my students and friends were severely affected.

My heart was really breaking. I didn't have the ability to physically help in the clean-up effort, but I decided to do what I could. I was so blessed when some generous and kind Aussie family and friends sent money to my account to help with the relief effort. These are just a few photos of what we did with the help of some people from the government and also the church I sleep in during weekends.

I am still praying for the people here and the recovery will take a long time... If anyone feels like they would like to give, the need is still well and truly there... You can read some information and follow the links on the Red Cross site if you feel so led....

http://www.redcross.org.au/philippines-typhoons-2012.aspx 

 Here are a few pictures

These homes were completely covered by water

The family of my dear friend, they were forced into an evacuation center