Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
We are aware of the tragedy that had happened in the Philippines,
Let's include in our daily prayers, those people who are greatly affected by the typhoon.
May the almighty God protect them with His blue mantel of protection
and envelope them with His love and care.
Chastine Rodriguez
CFC Europe Information Center
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear brothers and sisters,
We thank and praise God for the wonderful 27th anniversary that He allowed us to celebrate. In the midst of a powerful typhoon, our anniversary activities went on and we saw how His power and majesty gave us the window within which to hold our anniversary unhampered by the strong winds that would later lash the very venue we were in. That was indeed a very wondrous manifestation of His grace and blessing.
But that same storm has affected hundreds of thousands of our countrymen. We have a CFC brother, Giovi Giangan of Cebu, who is among the missing in the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars off Sibuyan Island. Please say a special prayer for him. Many of our people are now in evacuation centers, their homes submerged under water and their belongings gone.
We ask for prayers for all of those who were affected, particularly those in Iloilo and Samar, the hardest hit provinces. But more than prayers, we ask each and every CFC member to come forward and do his share in helping those in need. Let our resolve to go on with our mission of helping the poor and the needy, which resounded powerfully across the vast expanse of the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta last Saturday, translate into action.
Please give whatever you can -- clothes, canned goods, rice, infant milk, candles, blankets, banigs, etc -- and coordinate with your cluster and sector heads and your provincial leaders. You may also coordinate with your GK coordinators and GK project directors. The leaders are tasked with coordinating with the Home Office, particularly with Chito Nepomuceno, re the distribution of the goods.
Let us walk our talk, dear brothers and sisters. As we praise and thank God for 27 years of a blessed community life, let us glorify Him further by helping those dear to His heart -- the poor, the needy, the dispossessed.
May God bless us all.
THE CFC INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
