Thanks for all your prayers. We are safe and well now.
We were in a Cyclone Shelter all night as Cyclone Yasi passed by. The worst of the storm passed to the south of us thank goodness. If it got any closer things would be very different; the weather which hit us did quite a bit of tree damage and we are in a tree built up area.
We continue to have no power or internet, three days after the Cyclone. Many traffic lights are not working, and the mobile phone system was down until yesterday. TV reception only came back on today. The aftermath of any cyclone is lots of rain, in this case 10 times more than during the Cyclone itself, so widespread flooding continues.
One Godly moment was that the Tree Tops Lodge, the MAF retreat, only decided to invest in modifying it's conference room into a Cyclone shelter in early January, just a few weeks before in came into good use.
Immy's School has been evacuated until Monday. We continue without power but hope the school will get some by then.
Surprisingly, most of the worrying about the Cyclone was done by those not in the area. During the storm, everyone seemed calm with lots of laughter and joking times, one of which is the attached photo of Martin Koehler, a PNG pilot friend of mine, entering a makeshift entrance from the shelter to the toilet outside. The Cyclone shelter became a place for social gathering.
Thanks for all you concern and we thank God for answering our prayers to keep us safe. No loss of life has been reported.
In Him – Paul and Immi, Cairns
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