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Ondoy made us "die for our own people"

(A touching email from a friend in "Sulyap" evacuation and distribution center)

Thanks for all your love and prayers!!!
 
Relief Operation continues....  medical mission, distribution of meals, clothing and other basic needs... we try not to stop in our "Sulyap" evacuation and distribution center.  Twice a day we go to remote areas, crossing rivers and muds to bring food and water, to check their health conditions and maybe just to listen to the stories of the people.... it is hard to see their conditions, especially children who are sick.
 
But we witness miracles of God who is never outdone in generosity though His people who continuesly share!  Just a small experience: one day we arrived in 'Sulyap' bringing with us two sacks of rice given by a friend. Two volunteers who were packing joyfully received it because rice was lacking in the brelief bags.  But what we brought was to fill-in about 50 bags only. One said: 'don't tie the other bags without rice because it will surely arrive.' True enough a little later a van arrived with 10 sacks!  Similar experience happens continuesly!
 
You cannot just imagine the faces of those people saying "thank you" with smile for the little help they receive!
 
Picture updates maybe viewed thru: 
http://maryanntolentino.multiply.com/photos
 
with you in 'faith that can move mountain',

Mary Ann