When It Rains, It Pours

Saturday morning we woke up to heavy rain.  It had been raining the night before but had increased in intensity and had not let up.  We were told that our subdivision never floods, but our street began to flood with water pouring into it from a nearby creek.  We were fortunate that the water never went past the level of our car port.  We lost power halfway through the day and it was out until 5 am Sunday.  We had water until Sunday morning. 

Others were not as fortunate as we were.  There were landslides that caused deaths and damage.  The water rose high enough that some houses were flooded to the second floor of their house.  The roads were impassable for a few days.  They were using boats on the road to get around.  Abby was spending the night with a friend and they fought the flood waters in their house (their new floor was ruined) and were blocked into their subdivision until Sunday afternoon when they were able to get out by another way.  Major power poles were down.  We kept two of Abby’s friends until their parents were able to make it out to get them.  We are thankful our high school girls did not have any volleyball games Saturday.  The boys’ volleyball team couldn’t return to their homes after their game on Saturday; some just returned to their homes on Monday morning.

Please pray for the devastation here in Manila and for those who lost loved ones in the flood.  Power lines and water lines are still out in many places.  It will take weeks to get things back to normal here in Manila.  Many lost everything they owned.  We are fortunate to be close enough to Faith Academy with passable roads that we can take advantage of the water there.  Walter and Paul went with some other friends to help clean up other missionaries’ homes after the flood waters receded.  School was cancelled Monday and Tuesday for us at Faith Academy.