Thank you so much for all your prayers regarding our current blackout situation. The blackouts continue their schedule every single day for about 3 1/2 hours and often longer and more frequently than that. However, we are now looking forward to having our own generator – thanks to the generous help of many of our supporters we are able to purchase, ship and setup a generator for our house! News of our need for backup power reached a brother in Alabama who owns a Honda power tools dealership. He offered to sell us a generator at his cost plus whatever it costs to ship it here to the Philippines. While discussing this with him, several of our supporters and one of our supporting churches rallied together to raise enough money to purchase the generator, wiring kit and freight to the Philippines!
The other generator we are borrowing should be in the Philippines any time now, so we eagerly await putting it to work while we wait for ours to arrive. We are incredibly thankful for the part so many have played in helping us deal with these blackouts. There is still no end in sight to the power crisis here and many of our missionaries are beginning to lose their water supplies as well. It has been raining more often than it was, but not enough to restore the springs, wells, and reservoirs that so many are dependent on here. Please continue to pray for the drought here, and specifically for the missionaries who are having to begin hauling their water now.