The power went off about 5.30 this morning. It has been raining out all night and quite windy. It is not bad here because we are pretty protected in our yard.
Sis Reeder texted from Naga to see if all was well and if we had power. She said the power was out there but they have a generator. The sister missionaries here had water in their basement but could go up to the second floor. There was no church there in the Naga Branch. We got dressed and went to Nubua (10 min away) to see if there was church, but no one was around. All the fields on both sides of the road was flooded, trees down, but people were still going about their business.
I do not know how lots of these people survive, most of the huts are thatched roof and have holes in all the walls and the roofs. There certainly does not seam that they have any where to go to get out of the rain. It is colder than normal but it amazes me how they just get along and keep going about their normal life.
We are without power and do not know what to do because we do not have our internet. They are so resilient to everything, life goes on. We had cold water to shower in this morning but most people only have buckets of water each day to wash themselves.
It amazes me how these kids are not sick all the time. Maybe they are, but I have not seen it. Most of the people are inside so they must have somewhere in their homes that keep them a little dry.
The sky is clearing a bit and it is not raining as much, but still windy. We must have just caught the after math of the typhoon where ever it was! Sister Reeder just texted and said the storm has passed Naga and is over but it must be going the other way. To me it was not that bad of a storm, but then I do not have to be out in it or have a home like the natives do, to have to endure it. When we go to Naga tomorrow we will see just where the storm rated in storms as they go, we have nothing else to compare it too. SIster Watson
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