Typhoon Ondoy passed through Metro Manila and central Luzon last Saturday and left at least 106 people dead and missing. The death toll caused by Ondoy (international codename: Ketsana) is expected to rise as the country’s capital region struggled Sunday to recover from its worst flooding in 42 years. We are grateful for all who have prayed for us during this time. We were fortunate as the worst of the typhoon passed to the north of us. We just received lots of rain and a few downed trees. Some roads were all but impassable. Our NTM missionaries in Manila were not as fortunate. One lady had to spend the night on her roof and wasn’t rescued until 5 am the next morning. Others have had several feet of water in their houses. Cars and furniture and personal belongings have been damaged or lost. Please pray for the people of the Philippines. Many have lost their homes and possessions. Pray that God will use this tragedy to cause people to think of eternal things and many will come to HIM.
The work continues on here. Our son, Stephen, and his partner, Manfred Zimmerman presented the gospel to the Agutaynen people in their own language this month. Now they are reviewing these bible lessons with those who have expressed faith. There have been over 200 people who have attended these meetings.
We ourselves are busy. There have been some security concerns it some of our tribal area. So many of our missionaries have come here to wait until these issues stabilize.