One mother has four children who she is supporting by herself. The father abandoned them in 2018. She works at the local garbage dump for 220 pesos ($4.40) per day, 7 days a week. Like for most Filipinos, that is just not enough with growing boys in the house. She trusts God for her daily needs.
She attends Morning Prayer at the church with other members at 5 am. Monday thru Saturday, leads the praise team during worship on Sunday and Wednesdays with rehearsals on Saturday nights, leads home bible studies during the week, helps cook meals when guests (like me) come to the church, helps cook meals for church events, takes her turn at cleaning the church on Saturdays, feeds/clothes four children, cleans house/does laundry, and, somewhere in that schedule, she wants to “be still and know that I am God”. Much responsibility for a mother with no help.
Yes, her home collapsed in the Typhoon. Water and wind damage consumed her little home. For many days she stayed in the church until someone could put together a make-shift room for rain and wind protection. She needs a rebuilt home. Cost: 50,000 pesos ($1,000).
The house sits parallel between a road and a flooded pasture. The first two pics are
post-typhoon. The second pic is after the house has been made for a one-room living
space for mom and four kids. Some waterlogged plywood has been used for the
makeshift walls. I asked for inside pics but because of the power outage, phones
have to be charged when they go into the city. They use phones very sparingly.
The house sits parallel between a road and a flooded pasture. The first two pics are
post-typhoon. The second pic is after the house has been made for a one-room living
space for mom and four kids. Some waterlogged plywood has been used for the
makeshift walls. I asked for inside pics but because of the power outage, phones
have to be charged when they go into the city. They use phones very sparingly.
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