In the middle of the night heavy rain fall wakes me up. My area is not listed as one of the coverage of the strong and wide range of the typhoon Yolanda or internationally named as typhoon Haiyan. I woke up and prayed not only for me and my family's safety but for the Filipino people significantly those affected areas. After 30 minutes or an hour the rain had stopped. I wake up early morning and surf the news update about the typhoon. I see how strong the typhoon Haiyan is and has been even compared as stronger than the combination of Hurricane Sandy and Katrina. I just couldn't imagine how those people in the affected areas were able to sustain the said Typhoon and there is no greater casualty cost by its smash. But I believe the death numbers are very much lesser than the previous weaker typhoon that had smashed the Philippines though many structures are destroyed and trees uprooted but nevertheless life casualties are not that much.
The Filipinos have prepared counter measures of the typhoon making the most of the limited disaster hi tech gadgets that we only have. The government is doing their best and the Filipinos in one way or another where cooperating. Above all I believe - many Filipinos are "Praying" for the safety of not just their own family and relatives but the whole Philippine Nation. And indeed
when I look at the sky what beautiful sunrise showed up hoping that Haiyan bid goodbye to the Philippines. Realizing that " A Nation that Prays Together and Helped One Another can Beat the Worlds Ever Strongest Typhoon. As what Pnoy said " no strong typhoon can beat the Filipino as long as we cooperate and help one another " and indeed it is proven during the landfall of typhoon Haiyan.
Other people might not able to feel nor understand how Filipinos faith makes them withstand the typhoon. But certainly Filipinos believe that faith can trample the typhoon Haiyan because it is all what we have. In all our endeavors and faith has helped us personally and our nation taking into the consideration of the "People Power" during the time of the dictatorship of Marcos. They may not understand how Filipinos value faith and prayer in any difficulties but Filipinos have already proven and felt the wonders of faith by surviving with a limited income and withstand difficulties with very minimal number depressed citizens. So, then Go!! Filipinos!!! Stand by your faith because "God is with us".
