Global Youth Ministry Network - Asia

I just got back into Manila from Palawan last Friday after a series of trainings. Rain was already falling non-stop from the airport until I reached home . On Saturday, the rains became a major storm, local name Ondoy, (which also happens to be the nickname of one of our trainers).

Since the office was near we even managed to do a quick photo-op although our primary photographer got stuck in the storm and I wasn’t able to make it to a scheduled seminar. The Internet in the office has been down for a couple of days now but we’ve been spared the worst of the typhoon. This is unlike many of our countrymen whose homes were submerged by water (as in the picture below).

Update: A comprehensive report on the storm can be found here–> Philippines: Worst Flooding in 40 Years (Global Voices Online)