To all that have been following this blog because it has told you about The Salvation Army's and work and my time away in Taiwan and the Philippines, a warning: this will be the last blog from Manila, and most probably about relief work as a result of typhoons.After almost 7 weeks and 5 typhoons, I am on my way home tomorrow, but before I go let me give you a synopsis of what The Salvation Army - Philippines has done and will do. The good news for us is that all the supplies are in for the next round of relief distribution, so by the end of November Salvos will have distributed 49,562 relief packages containing food, bedding, medicines and toiletries. They will have supplied 4,000 (family) kitchen kits and provided equipment for 5 mobile kitchens (based at divisions) for future disaster relief efforts (which include portable power generators), not too mention the many hours of voluntary work
given to rescue and cleaning efforts in numerous communities throughout Luzon.But in the next 8 weeks there are forcast to be another 4 typhoons: so whilst the work carried out by a relatively small INGO has been awesome, there are still some anxious times to come. My last request of you would be, don't move on (in your thinking, your support and your prayers) from the Philippines too soon - they would still appreciate your support.
