From afar I have also noticed that she lost a lot of weight and her cough is really bad, she doesn't look at her best shape compared to the last time that  I saw her. 

She shared about the stories of people at Tacloban; this girl who lost her best friend, these people who are temporarily residing at the Church yet  kept the altar a sacred place, the victims in general who  remained grateful and resilient despite and inspite of what happened and what is still happening. I have listened to the stories of a person who is sleep deprived for days, stripped off from comforts including water for shower and decent food, yet remained enthusiastic to go back to Tacloban. 

After we parted ways and promised to see each other again, I was so troubled with this question:

"WHAT HAVE I DONE TO HELP?" 

Have I been compassionate enough to do what is impossible in helping the victims of the we-thought-impossible-typhoon? 

And then I end up with a heavy heart realizing, that my way of helping is as if  I am just like dropping my donations to the box and continued walking in the premise of my comforts. I have helped out of comforts.  You see, Dianna who is from Spain  is sick and have lost weight in the discomforts of Tacloban  while here I am, still eating the same food and pampering oneself with  the same comforts that I used to have. Life goes on, nothing has changed; I had helped anyways. While I was battling with the justifications of why I have helped in comforts, I was reminded of this conversation with my mother 3 days after the typhoon. 

"I don't mind eating simple meals just so we can give more to those who are victims of the typhoon, let us be grateful that it did not hit us." 

We may not be able to so great and very noble things that Diana is doing ( who at the moment is back to Tacloban) but I am certain that we can do more than what is comfortable.  

Christmas is here and Yolanda brings more meaning to the coming of Jesus Christ. 

I pray that  those who are suffering in Samar and Leyte will  experience, feel and palpate  the joy of Christmas this season that they would still recognize and acknowledge the coming of Christ.

My friends and I are organizing a Christmas Party for the kids in Tacloban and Samar. This may be incomparable to the scale of their needs but we recognize that  "If you can't feed a hundred, then just feed one (Mother Teresa). 

We would like to invite you to help us make this activity possible.

Let us put a smile on kid's faces this Christmas!