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The team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers in the Philippines continue their work to help those most severely harmed by Typhoon Durian.
Their first stop for the day was the evacuation center they visited yesterday. They went to every room at the center, delivered assists* and gave a workshop on assists to those in the center who wanted to learn to help others.
 | Two Scientology Volunteer Ministers giving assists to children in the evacuation center. |
There were so many miracle stories.
Two young girls they helped were devastated. Having lost both parents in the typhoon, they were overwhelmed with grief. They calmed down, stopped crying and both of them experienced some relief. Nothing the Volunteer Minister could do would bring their parents back, but at least they could now get on with their own lives, and start caring for themselves and each other.
In another room the volunteers helped a whole family that seemed to have given up after their home was destroyed. It started with an assist to a woman who was clearly very sad. She was lying listlessly on a mattress on the floor, and told the volunteer she felt very lonely. After her assist she got off the floor and started watching the volunteer as he gave an assist to a little girl nearby. She was so interested that he asked her if she wanted to learn how to do this too. She was very emphatic when she said she did, because the child the volunteer had just helped was now giggling and smiling. And that child was her daughter. The volunteer then taught the mother and daughter how to use this technique and the daughter gave an assist to her father. When she began the assist, her father was lying down and said he couldn't move. But after his assist he felt much more energetic and he got up to prove it!
The team leaders met with the Department of Civil Defense, the National Office of Defense and the Department of Health where they coordinated the activities the team will be doing in the area over the coming days.
"There is no electricity here and so it is very hard to operate after about 6 or 7pm," said one of the volunteers. "In the evac centers it is just pitch black, so we are starting as early as possible."
Funds are needed to support the volunteers. If you can help, contact vm@volunteerministers.org
* Assist: processes called "assists," developed by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, can be used by anyone to help people who are injured, ill, distraught or injured. Assists do not take the place of medical attention but aid it by addressing the emotional and spiritual side of the trauma.
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