While Naomi’s parents were here we had an early thanksgiving this past weekend. Missy, a friend from Alberta who is here as a student this year, joined our family.

Ellie was so hungry she was sucking the stains of previous meals from her bib as an appetizer. I tried that with the table cloth, but Naomi told me not to do that with company present.

Last week Typhoon Xangsane passed over the Philippines and caused lots of damage across the country. One of the areas hit was the Word of Life Philippines camp and Bible Institute in the northern part of the country. Along with the high winds came lots of rain, causing a local river to overflow more than 30 feet and flooded much of the campus, including several homes. Thankfully, none of the staff or the 95 campers there that week were hurt.
Flood damage in a classroom

This is a very busy campus with a Bible school and a camp that has over 20,000 young people a year! That is a lot of kids getting the opportunity to have fun and hear the Gospel. Please pray for the staff as they start the massive project of cleaning up and rebuilding.

More info and pictures can be found on the WOL International web site as well as a way to make donations online.

The nice weather during the day gave way to some small but intense thunder storms in the evening. The lights flickered many times and finally went out at 9:00 PM.

This gave us a very quiet time for our last night together. We sat in the dark for awhile watching the storm go by (and me trying to take pictures through the rain streaked window) and then chatted for a another hour or so. We had a good time talking in the candle light.

The electricity finally came on again at 4:30 AM.