December 5th, 2019
We are OK! Thank you LORD!
Thanks for praying!
Typhoon KAMMURI (TISOY/29W) hit our village and our island hard!
As far as we know, no lives were lost, thank you LORD!
There is much devastation on the island and many of our neighbors lost roofs, pieces of their houses, and all the power lines are down. Our house only lost some wooden shutters, but our Nipa hut (multi function room) lost pieces of the roof, but only little water came in, thank you LORD! We have not checked our well pump, it’s power- and water lines, but will do that tomorrow…please pray that everything will be intact! We have water in our tank for about 7 days and are conserving where we can…
It is estimated that the electricity will be down for at least one week, if not more, and we are thankful to the LORD for our generator! It will run about 50% of the time to conserve gasoline, but that will keep the refrigerator cold enough. Also, many neighbors are wanting to charge their devices & lamps with our generator, and it has become somewhat overwhelming. Patrick is putting up a “charging station” for community with a long extension cable to the road… Please pray that gasoline will be available…
Our Coffee shop in town lost pieces of the metal roof and flooded. Also the power line was torn off the wall and we already had electricians fix it. The electric company (Romelco) will have to come and reconnect it to the “grid”. Our friend Lani Mangaring helped to clean and dry out the shop, even though her own house sustained damaged to the roof and it needed cleaning, too! What a friend!
The cell phone service just came back, including internet, but it is very slow and unstable at the moment…
Also, please pray that the ATMs will be working again, soon…
There is much work to be done and we will report back as we can…
In Him,
Patrick & Karen
