A Flicker of Hope

It's been days since the landslide that buried a village in St. Bernard, SouthernLeyte. And with the rescue by various local and international rescue volunteers going at a snail pace due to the high possibility of another mudflow the hope of rescuing the children trapped in a school buried deep in mud grows dimmer as the hours tick. Last night, I was able to see a glimmer of hope when American and Malaysian officials said that their high-tech seismic-sensitive gear has detected sounds at the site of an elementary school. A rescue dog even stopped at a spot three times, so for those visiting my blog please join me in saying a little prayer for those kids. It's a race against time and time is something they don't have....