Our Mission to the Philippines, led by the venerable reverend Father Abe D’Iesu in Cagayan De Oro has been destroyed. Thousands there are without food and water. Hundreds are dead. The following is from MSNBC and it is estimated that 1,400 people are dead or missing.

“Cagayan de Oro and nearby Iligan cities on Mindanao island were worst hit when Typhoon Washi slammed ashore while people slept late on Friday and early Saturday, sending torrents of water and mud through villages and stripping mountainsides bare. The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) said 652 people were killed in eight provinces in the southern Mindanao region, with more than 800 missing.”