These are pictures of our distributions in Compostala Valley. So far, we have been able to help 135 families. The folks in the black teeshirts are from our church in Davao City-Roxas. You can see that there are people in temporary shelters.
Joe, Herein are the pictures taken during the distribution of the relief goods for the 2nd and 3rd batch. Before we give the relief goods to the people, I conducted a preaching service to each batch and this also serves as a way of giving instructions to them as to how the goods will be distributed. I’ll give the explanation for each picture; PICTURE NUMBER 1 – me, preaching and giving instructions to the typhoon victims. PICTURES NUMBER/S 2 – these are the recipients for the relief goods. They are the second batch. You can see the difference between the 1st to the 3rd batch because we impose a color coding system. The 1st batch received the relief goods packed in blue cellophane. the 2nd batch in red cellophane while the 3rd batch in yellow cellophane. PICTURES NUMBER/S 3 – this is the site of the evacuation area. This is actually the municipal ground. these are the victims wherein they don’t have a house and lot of their own. Since they don’t have a house and lot of their own, they are not the priority of the government – for now – to be relocated in the bang-house and the tent-city. they must wait till the government tells them that they now have a place of relocation for them. A total of 124 families is still living now in this evacuation area. All of them are living before in the flood prone area and does not own any property. PICTURES NUMBER/S 4 – this is the distribution of the relief goods to the 3rd batch (in yellow cellophane). All in all, if we add the total number of families – who received the relief goods – from 1st batch to 3rd batch, we were able to give to 135 families. We continue to pray that these families will continue to join in our bible studies and church worship service every Sunday. We do hope that the LORD will continue to bless these families and the ministry there in Compostela. please pray also for the opening of new work in New Bataan.
