Landslide

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2008

We are currently evacuated due to a quite horrific landslide just over a kilometer from our house.

At about 4 am on Saturday morning, we realized the electricity was out. At 6 am, we heard our neighbor yelling for us. She told us that a terrible landslide had occurred on the only access road out of our neighborhood.

Just before dawn, Doug walked down the hill to where the police had blocked access to the area. What was there, defies the imagination.

Local coverage of the event can be found here at The Star Online as well as at their photo gallery where the older photos show the extent of the damage.

Here are some early dawn pictures of the devastation. You can barely make out the hillside that collapsed in the background.







We are all fine, and exceedingly thankful for God's provision and our safety. We are also praising God that the death toll appears to be much less than fear -- with only four confirmed dead, and only one unaccounted for.

Due to the road being out and no electricity in the area, we had to hike out through a jungle trail with a few belongings on our back. Hopefully we will be able to get access to our house within a few days, but doubt that road access will be restored for a while.

A "heroism in teaching" award goes to Tracy, who instead of bringing an extra change of clothes, lugged out 60 some research papers from her 9th grade English classes.