Typhoons: The AftermathFriday January 12, 2007 Dec is also a month of strong wind and big wave. The one boat faithfully takes me to Masbate. This time I go to a remote village, Recodo in Cawayan, Masbate. I arrive in Cawayan a little early and wait for Mr. and Mrs. Efren to come and take me to their village. Their house has no electricity and running water. Their sons ride a horse to the beach to catch fish for our lunch and dinner. In the evening I walk up to the mountains with them and pray. The next morning we walk 5 kilometers to one of her brothers' house along the beach. I sit under the small tree because all the big trees were blown away by the typhoon. Again we wait for the sons to catch some fish and eat. Then the people begin to gather around. They have one New Testament. So I start to open the bible in the book of Roman and share with them. They listen with all their heart even though I speak a different dialect. I will come back here in January and pray that God will send a worker who speaks their native tongue. On Thursday, December 14th I got a chance to meet with all the pastors of General Baptist in Masbate. We met from 6:00am in the morning till 8:00pm in the evening. We had time to share our blessings with each other as God worked in our lives. It was a great encouragement for me to see that many people are loving the Lord and serving Him selflessly. Marinduque in the town of Boac was fast recovering from the typhoon. They have electricity restored after 10 days. The pastor who I am going out to the village with has a daughter who is very sick. Her kidney does not working well. Please pray for the pastor and his daughter.
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