Typhoon in Tagaytay

So after two months of hectic ministry stuff, we decided to take an overnight vacation to Tagaytay. I guess Christine thought we’d get some rain, but she had no idea it would turn into a major tropical storm. Well, the family experienced our first typhoon together; looking out the window at trees bending and caving to the power of the driving rain and whistling, howling winds.


Jojo looks out at the bending trees and driving rain

So the overnight stay turned into a two-night stay because we were stranded at the hotel. I wasn’t about to risk driving us home in near-zero visibility and flying debris all around. The place we were staying at actually had part of it’s roof fly off! Our room stayed dry, though. The power went out for half the day, but the typhoon kept us cool.


A hotel window is ripped open by howling winds of typhoon Caloy

Too bad the restaurant and part of the lobby got ripped up by the storm. This was a good, clean, economical place to stay. You can see a picture of that here. Christine said that since it was so hot for so long, she’d been praying for rain. I told her she might have prayed a little too hard! :-)