Philippines Typhoon
Saturday November 30, 2013
Dear Friends,
We are continuing to support work in the hard hit areas of
Panay, and in Samar and Tacloban.
Currently, through the medical clinics we have been told that over 300
have received Christ as Savior.
In one week two more of our medical professionals will be
traveling to the Philippines. ORH is
projecting that this will cost about $6000.00 for air fare, medicines, and
in-country travel. Pray that we can do
this. The clinics are the most certain
way to get the gospel to the people.
Over Thanksgiving holiday, ORH was in constant contact
preparing for the next phase of our work.
This recent information came from Dan and Edna Cadavos.
"1. You had
mentioned a week or so ago that perhaps
ORH could help with the printing of the Gospel Tracts in Visayan for the
Typhoon relief efforts. 30,000 were
already distributed in Northern Panay - Iloilo with Bro Eric and the medical
team. We have another 60,000 ready to go
as well.... Just so you know the price
was based on only an order of 50,000, the Christian print shop owner gave us an
additional 40,000 tracts at no additional cost!"
The cost of the tracts was approximately $650.00.
"2. Dan is returning to Iloilo on Monday the 2nd and
will stay through when your doctors arrive on the 8th to clear, get shelters up
and set meetings etc up. He has 3 men
from our church that he wants to bring, 2 are chain saw operators so could help
immensely with the clearing a initial construction needs for the churches. The
other is our church clerk who a young man who can assist in many areas,
especially translation and soul winning needs.... Grand total would be $345 for
the fare for 4. Do you think that ORH
could assist with their fare? One man works
for our Christian school, one is our church clerk - our school and church
agreed to cover their salaries regardless of their being away, as this is a
mission trip. The 4th man is a native
pastor, but also knows how to use a chain saw and is very willing to help, he
is a hard worker, Dan knows he would be greatly used."
ORH has released $1000.00 for the Gospel tracts and travel
costs to move these essential people into Panay.
Missionary Jim Latzko has reached his home in Tacloban. The home is wrecked. He rejoiced that no one was killed, because
his church people stayed in his house during the storm. Here is a report from him about the need.
"As we started going along the south coast of Samar, we
were shocked. The area we drove through
looked like a nuclear blast had hit it.
Maybe a million coconut trees snapped in half or completely
uprooted. Roofs in the towns were off,
and debris was everywhere. The hills,
once covered with green coconut trees, were brown. All the way from Guiuan, Samar to Tacloban,
Leyte, there is great devastation.
It was getting dark when we arrived in Giporlos. Smiling Manny Ramil was getting ready to have
a prayer meeting with his 6 members that had arrived. There is a big hole in
the side of their rented building, washed out by the typhoon. I am wondering how I can get him to a safer
and better place. Manny’s smile was as big and white as ever.
We drove to Lawaan, where Jun Rowmawac pastors. The typhoon took off almost the entire roof
of their church building. They have a
tarp covering the gap, but the typhoon blew out the front and back walls of the
church. Jun and his sister Vanessa were
staying there when the typhoon hit. They
took shelter in the bathroom. The
typhoon was so powerful, it sent the church piano tumbling across the church
floor. The wind was so strong it was
pushing the bathroom walls in on them.
Vanessa and Jun pushed back and prayed.
Both of them thought they would die that evening."
ORH has just released $2018.00 to Jim to help with expenses
they have alread incurred. I hope we can
do more for these very brave men and women.
ORH is attempting give at least $250.00 per pastor's home
and $500 per church to help them rebuild.
There is so much destruction that many will not be helped.
Pray for the continued work overall.
Please, consider this “open door”, and let’s not hesitate to
go to the harvest.
If you would like to give by debit or credit card, please go
to www.operationrenewedhope.org and choose Network for Good.
If you would like to send a check, please send to Operation
Renewed Hope, P. O. Box 43242, Fayetteville, NC 28309. Please mark the check “International Relief.”
God bless all who try to help us with the suffering of
others and the salvation of their souls.
Jan Milton
Operation Renewed Hope
1017 Sage Green Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27610
910-987-5072
www.operationrenewedhope.org
orhus@aol.com
