October 6- WHAT a WEEK!

Ok, so the weather is NOT good over here. I have not done laundry in FOREVER! We have had like 3 back to back typhoons..thankfully, this last one changed course and did not hit us as hard as we thought it would. But it has rained, and rained and RAINED for weeks now and I am forgetting what sunlight even looked like. On top of that, I got the flu this week..well, I think it was the flu. I also think it may have been my body's way of just shutting down after all the stress and work of preparing for the storms. After losing nearly everything last year, I tend to get a little excited about typhoons, so I tense up a little more than I should. Anyway, after losing power ALOT and going through a rough week, I think we are finally getting back to normal. I am feeling better some...and hope to get back to blogging..

Sept.28, 2009 - time to PRAY

Tonight we met at one of the home Bible Studies to pray for the families that were affected by the floods..one of our member even has a sister in Manila that she hasnt heard from and they can't contact her! This tragedy has affected us all here in the Philippines and we just met together and prayed for the Lord's healing. Also for His protection as we have 3 back to back typhoons headed our way. We know that the Lord is in control..but yeah, it is still definitely scary. I have been running around trying to get all that we need, though I cant find D Batteries ANYWHERE! AHHH!! Ferd has all the windows boarded up and we are as ready as we can be..

Sept. 27, 2009- Manila Floods

Last night, the typhoon shook our house, nearly rattled the windows off and blew our roof intensely. I thought for sure that we would lose it again, but by the grace of God, our roof is still on. The waters that poured from Heaven were undescribeable. It was so much water. Much is flooded here, However, it is much worse in Manila. More than 200 people were killed overnight and into this morning with news of 80% of Manila under water.

Sept. 26, 2009 - Ladies Fellowship

Forcast called for a major typhoon to hit us , but our ladies were determined to go ahead and have our scheduled fellowship on Lingayen Beach. It was HORRIBLE! The winds nearly blew me off my feet..and the rains were terrible. The storm is supposed to hit ful force tonight but it started this morning at our fellowship..My goodness! It was WINDY! We had to finally leave early and come back and finish our meeting at the church where we had ihaw ihaw ( grilled bangus fish) and lots of side dishes..It was a good day all in all..

Sept. 18, 2009 - Sean's Cultural Dance

Sept. 10 - afternoon fun

We have had a nasty monsoon all week. It started on Sunday and literally never stopped raining till today ( Friday). Everything is flooded and a nightmare to say the least. However, ministry does not stop even thought the floods are here. A dear friend and member of our church, Loming, had her mother pass away and so we had to help her through this difficult time. Her mother was lost and VERY heavily into superstitions and spirit stuff...all the other kids are converted Jehovah's Witnesses so Loming is the only Christian in the middle of all that, so she needed our support. Since it is flooded everywhere, being the good WV girl that I am, I slapped on some boots and headed out to the funeral on foot!

Sept 10, 2009 - Monsoon =Floods

Floods everywhere. Today I picked Sean up from school and it was a bit too much for me. I was so scared that I cried. I dont do that very often over here as I have literally been through the mill and it takes ALOT for me to cry. But the waters and rains for sooo bad, that I was scared. I was all alone trying to drive through it and it broke me down. I finally cried out to the Lord and He got me through it safely..

But the waters are everywhere which means so are the mosquitoes...Dengue Fever is hitting hard again... that scares the willies out of me!!!