Update

Well friends - in my effort to keep you updates I want to share with you some info I just got from a friend (currently in the Philippines with MIA). Heres is the 4-1-1 on what is happening there right now.

We are moving out of Manila on September 25th, as Mercy in Action is officially relocating to Mindoro, an island about an hour south of Manila. We will be living in a resort town, right by pristine white sandy beaches with the mountains overlooking, and make note friends-there are numerous gorgeous (and inexpensive!) resorts in the area. The women there, particularly in the mountain villages, are in desperate need of proper maternity care, as most of the nationals in the area are extremely poor. We will be working with a doctor at a clinic he has set up there.

It is both good and sad. Sad because the women of Welfareville are in my heart, maybe yours, and it feels like we are abandoning them, no one else is caring for them. At this time our program cannot offer help to them. I guess they have to thank they're own government for that. I'm so sorry. I wish I could apologize to each one of them. Because they deserve to be loved, to have a safe place. Oh my heart is really, really sad for them.
But Puerto Galera is an equally needy place (don't be fooled by the beaches/resorts), the local, rural women - really need help. And help is coming with the hands of a local doctor and midwives who are following the lead of Jesus, and sacrificing their personal wealth and security to love the poorest of the poor. And now we get to join them, an honor, and a pleasure. Please keep the clinic, Dr. Francis, school staff and the women of Welfareville in your prayers.
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