Terri here: We didn't get an email from Taylor this week as the Super Typhoon Pablo was hitting the Philippines, and after it hit Mindanao island it headed for Dumagete, which is 31kms south of where Taylor is. But I did get an email from the Sister of a Senior couple that lives down the road from Taylor. I've added it below.
Dear Sister Cox,
We are all fine. The missionaries on Negros,
including your son, all fared well, and stayed safe. The winds were
much stronger than the typhoon we experienced last year, but the rain
was not as heavy, so the damage has been different--lots and lots of
trees down, taking with them the jumble of power lines that snake and
meander through every alley way here. Then many homes lost parts or all
of their roofing, so belongings are wet, and some have had to stay at
the church while they do repairs. You can not believe the size of some
the the massive, ancient trees that toppled!! The old acacias mostly
fared okay, but many others did not. No loss of life, and no injuries
in our immediate areas. There were many families evacuated to every
church building the night of the storm.
The day after the typhoon, Elder Cox and Elder Manansala travelled
around with us, assessing damage and helping where we could. One member
had lost much of his banana crop, many of the trees laden with almost
ready bananas that are too green to ripen properly, so we bought a
couple of bunches from him, to use as Christmas decorations at our
house. Your son helped clean up his mess, untangle his power lines from a
very precarious fallen tree, and then carry out the bananas--it was a
great help for that family.
Electricity is now back up--it has been restored over the last couple of
days in different areas. Ours (and theirs I assume) (Terri here: Taylor didn't get his power back till Friday night...read in the next week's email) came back on last
night late. The place were Elder Cropper and I live has a generator, so
they have been turning it on for a few hours each day,
we did get a load of laundry run through for them and charged their
phone yesterday while the power was on for an hour.
Elder Cox is a trooper--always eager to dig in and get the work done, and he is a kind, talented and generous man.
We
are now looking forward to their 2 baptisms tomorrow, which will go on
as scheduled (well never as scheduled here, always later than scheduled)
These are two very, very precious, prepared souls, who your son had a
great influence on.
Thank you for sharing him here. And thanks for the prayers. The divine protection was evident.
Love to you,
Sister Cropper
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