Christian relief ministries have been responding with aid and prayers following the devastating mudslides in the Philippines on Friday morning.
Hope is dwindling of finding anyone alive as search teams continue to battle against deep, shifting mud and rain to find survivors in the farming community of Guinsaugon in Southern Leyte province which was buried completely by a collapsed mountainside.
According to the National Disaster Coordinating Council, 72 bodies have been pulled from the mud so far, with the number of missing villagers standing at 913.
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