We are joining Global Impact Foundation to make lean-to tents for the people who lost everything in Cateel, Mindanao. It is the hardest hit area of Typhoon Bopha. It is a community of 25,000 people and half of the houses were totally destroyed. The hospital, schools, and major buildings were totally destroyed.
There is not a single building left with a roof on it. The school that people went to for evacuate before the storm looks like it was mostly destroyed. They have already found and buried nearly 100 people with many more missing. Our main objective is to set up simple A-frame tents made of tarpaulin.
Global Impact will also be setting up a soup kitchen and feeding program. There will be children’s ministry, a concert, and a movie (with a bedsheet and projector) for spiritual and emotional support too.
We will assemble at 2:30am on Saturday morning (3 hours from now) and plan to roll out at 3am.
We will be roughing it and sleeping under the tarps on the grass. There is no electricity for hours any direction. Please pray for us and consider donating to help people in their desperation:
You can also send donations in the mail to:
Extreme Mercy International P.O. Box 72266 Phoenix, AZ 85050 USA
All the Banana Plantations were destroyed.
There is also no cell phone signal working in this area so this is the last communication you will receive from me in at least 48 hours.
Thank you for your prayers,
Matthew Triggs.