It's been two months since the disaster. FH Executive Director for the Philippines Debbie Toribio just returned from Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City, two of the hardest-hit areas in the region. "The purpose of my meeting is to personally talk to the pastors about how best we can respond to their needs."

Toribio says, "We were able to see churches working together. They organized a network called Protect the Children Cagayan de Oro. In Iligan I saw churches that were not affected providing support to those pastors and churches that were devastated by the typhoon."

Food for the Hungry is coming alongside these local churches, "providing psychosocial support to children who are in evacuation centers," says Toribio. "We are also working alongside the church called Life of the Word Church. Through them, we are reaching out to those families who are in the evacuation centers."

In January, Mission Network News (MNN) talked with Pastor Jay Rosales just after the flooding. If you remember, his church was washed away. Toribio says she met with Pastor Rosales. "32 members of his church [were] lost. It's hard to comprehend, hard to give encouragement to his members because he himself was a victim of the disaster."

Toribio says financial support to Pastor Rosales and the Glorious Gospel Church would be a huge encouragement to them.

FH is providing assistance which is helping the church share the most important message. "Disaster is used by God to be an opening for us to reach out to the people and share the Gospel. Even when we don't speak, they will experience the love of Jesus by what we're doing."

In Cagayan de Oro alone, there are about 6,000 families still displaced. 2,000 homes are currently being rebuilt.

Toribio says if you'd like to help their efforts, you can contribute at FH.org .

Pastor Jay Rosales with Gospel Church in Iligan City, Mindanao, says he and his family were right in the middle of the flash flood that ripped through the city. Pastor Rosales says in his church, "Two people are dead. 10 are missing [and presumed dead]. Two of them are children."

What about his 17-year-old church? Rosales says water reached the top of his two-story church building, and "it's totally wiped out. There's nothing left except the posts. All the things inside the church, and the parsonage — everything is entirely gone."

Rosales is concerned about the future of his church. "The government will no longer allow us to rebuild it in that place. Our problem today is: where are we going to put our church because we don't really have the money to build a church. Secondly, getting a place from the city would be [too expensive]."

Rosales says 30 church families have been displaced, and he asks for prayer as he reaches out in Jesus' name. "It's hard to ease their pain. I just embrace them and cry with them. I don't know what words to use. It's really hard. I share [with them] that God is in control and that He is amazing because God did not allow us to die in this incident."

Aid has been slow in getting to the region. However, reports indicate that it's now reaching the affected areas.

Compassion International is raising $500,000 to help their program in the region. Seven Compassion children died, and 21 are still missing. You can help Compassion by clicking here. Food for the Hungry is also committing to help an evacuation center which is serving 3,000 people. Click here to help Food for the Hungry's work.