Cagayan De Oro Relief Efforts

Reading various news and blogs on the internet, the relief efforts at Cagayan De Oro are slowly moving forward.  Morgues have been filled to capacity,  The cities of Cagayan De Oro and Iligan are contemplating mass burials to prevent bigger health issues with decomposing corpse.  Many residents in both cities want to hold back the burials to give families more time to locate and identify their deceased loved ones. 

Water is slowly being restored to parts of Cagayan De Oro City.  Just last night, Rhoda was able to get free flowing water from our faucets.  We've been praying for that since last week after the flood hit.  Answered prayer.  Lourdes College Alumni and students are going out daily on medical missions to provide basic first aid to the victims.  Rhoda and our daughter Larraine have been part of he volunteer force almost daily now.  I'm proud of them for helping out. 

Donations are coming in from all over the world to help with this calamity.  Just recently...hours ago, Philippine Airlines tweeted:

•  Lucio Tan Group, PAL airlift 1,000 body bags, 5,000 blankets to CDO donated by Fo Guang Shan buddhist monastery in Taipei.
  

Pampamgan Mayors donated 500 wooden caskets to help with burial efforts.  Donations are slowly making it's way to the stricken cities.  It's still not enough.  Financial Blessings are needed to fund many of these relief efforts.  Everyday the medical missions from the various nursing colleges go out with limited supplies.  My wife's nursing group is texting it's alumni and student membership to bring their own supplies to help out with the medical missions.  A group from Holland is helping with donation efforts to fund the medical missions.  

First Assembly of God Church in CDO is well entrenched with relief efforts providing clothing, rice, pails to flood victims.  They are going out daily to the stricken areas and evacuations centers delivering much needed supplies.  Flood victims are making their way to the church for aide. 

Rhoda and Larraine donated many of our unused clothes, baby bottles, pairs of my socks to First Assembly of God Church.  From what was told to me, a family was given our donation.  The lady who received our donation was in tears.  I'm glad that she's able to use the clothes and baby items.  The husband is probably freaking out at my big clothes and socks.  lol...

Even with the disaster relief efforts going on.  Muslim extremists are still causing problems at some evacuation centers.  Why don't these idiots lay down their arms for awhile so people on both sides can get the help they need.  Two soldiers were shot while trying to help one Muslim in Zamboanga, a couple of days ago.  This is a disaster...put down your arms and tend to your families.  Put your damn ideologies aside until everybody that is missing is accounted for; those who died, are buried; and homes are rebuilt.  After that is all done and accomplished...you can blow your brains out.

Please donate to the Philippine Red Cross or to First Assembly of God-CDO.