From Earthquakes to Typhoons
The Philippines have been hit with 4 major natural disasters since the end of September 2025. It’s hard to fathom the level of devastation this can bring to local communities. Living in Florida we can appreciate the severity of damage a hurricane can bring. The Philippines suffered a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu on September 30, 2025, followed by back to back typhoons in November and early December.
September 30, 2025
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu
November 4, 2025
Typhoon Kalmaegi: made 8 landfalls in central Philippines, affecting 2.4 million people.
November 10, 2025
Super Typhoon Fung-wong (Uwan): landed in Aurora province and displaced 1.4 million people.
Early December
Tropical Depression
Bro. Bill Hershberger was able to send funds to some of the brothers in the Philippines to help believers purchase food and repair homes from the catastrophes.
One of the believer families with 3 children have such a burning desire to be in church, they travel 30 km to be in service in Don Salvador and have not missed a service since they became believers. After the typhoons, the roads were washed out, but the family paid bystanders to carry their motorcycles across the river so that they could be in church.
