The church has alerted us that a Super Typhoon (now called Megi, but will be renamed Juan once it touches ground) is headed to first touch down in Cagayan Isabella. That is the heart of our mission. We are busy asking that every set of missionaries has sufficient food and water for the next few days. Any of the missionaries in low land or mud slide areas are being moved in with other missionaries in safer apartments. Parents, please be assured that we are doing everything in our power to make sure all of our missionaries are safe. All know that if it hits they are to notify the mission office of their safety at the earliest possible moment.
In the meantime, we are praying that it will bypass Luzon. The estimated arrival is sometime Sunday afternoon or evening. We will update this blog as we receive more information. If we lose power we will update it as soon as it is restored. Please join in our efforts to call down the windows of heaven and help to divert the path of this possibly catastropic typhoon.
My daughter is serving in the Manila Mission. We will be praying for you and your missionaries, and for the people of the Philippines in the path of the storm, that the Lord will intercede in your behalf.
ReplyDeleteLinda McFate
Eagle Mountain, UT
Thank you more than ever for this blog. "Super-typhoon" Megi is on CNN and the weather channel in the USA. (As if "typhoon" wasn't scary enough - let's put the word "Super" in front of it!) It is VERY heartening to read that precautions and "transfers" are taking place to protect the missionaries. The once-familiar feeling of helplessness due to lack of news and knowledge during typhoon season is no more! I can't thank you enough for your timely and calming posts!
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