The following is an excerpt of an email from Rose Brooks received on Dec 14, 2006.
We have five assemblies in Albay on the east coast of Luzon, where two super typhoon hit recently. Actually we have hed four strong typhoons in past few weeks all going through central Luzon.
All the five chapels were blown away leaving only some cement walls. Almost all believers' homes were blown off leaving only cement floors and posts. Being mostly farmers, all their crops were flattened or uprooted by very strong winds and buried by mud from overflowing rivers. One member died from a heart attack during all this.
All in all more than 200 believers in the five congregations are now homeless and without livelihood for 3 to 6 months.
Two fulltime workers from Luzon are making a fact-finding trip and bringing initial gifts. A second trip will be made shortly after this.
