All Is Lost

I was very sad to hear that our former LDP student, Emjay lost this quilt I made her — along with everything else in her home.  Her town in the Philippines was hit by a typhoon shortly before Christmas.

This week I have been asking for donations to support the ministry of Emjay’s Compassion project in this crisis.  ”Operation Hope” has many aspects to the relief of hundreds of families.  I already told about the homeless people living in the church, and about the supplies needed to support them.

Taking Supplies to the Community

The church also implemented a huge outreach to their community.  Many truckloads of supplies have gone out to various villages in the region.  I am amazed that a church of this size can have such a huge outreach — I saw dozens of photos of church members going out to the community with food, medicine, clothing and armloads of love.

Medical Relief

The church is also sending out medical teams to minister to people in need.

I’m so pleased to see Compassion’s complementary interventions at work.  The church is the first to reach out in any crisis, so it makes sense that if we support the church and the Pastors, the funds and supplies will get to those in need quickly.  No red tape; no government intervention.  Compassion’s projects are always the first to reach out to the victims of a natural disaster.

I was really pleased to see this happen in a situation that is very close to me.  Here is Eva (Emjay’s Project Director) with Pastor Jay and some of the other relief team volunteers from the church in Iligan City.  If you would like to help support this team, please click here to be directed to a donation page at Compassion.