Olivo Paniagua family looking for some help

Hey guys, I’m Robert, not quite sure how start this, it’s just crazy how things went through in only a couple days. Amelia was supposed to finish her second week at pre-k, Mel was just about to go to work and I was just enjoying my “Sunday” and then… No power, no phone service, no nothing. At first we were kind of happy (no school means family day and we’d like to grab those opportunities every time they appear, so it was time for some monopoly and tacos, and then we smell the smoke, and everything just flipped. To be able to describe our exodus (and I use biblical words because it’s was really biblical) I would have to remember and right now the best thing is moving forward. We’re safe thank god, with health and most important part we’re together. Now as we tried to recoup and balance our wins and looses we just realized that we might be out of resources kind of quick. So like my dad use to said: it takes courage to be able to realize that sometimes you need help, and even more courage to ask for it.

So that’s why we’re here, because like many other families on the island just lost everything after nature decided to wipe down an entire town, we need help…. And this is my family and myself asking for it, because like my dad said the worst thing that could happen when you ask for something is getting a No as an answer, everything else is a win win situation.

So thank you so much for reading this, for sharing, for helping, even for leaving a “you got this mothafucka!!” Comment. We love you all!!!

Como estamos gente? Me llamo Robert y no estoy del todo seguro como empezar esto, después de todo las cosas pasaron rápido y pasamos de un día libre donde no hubo colegio por vientos y celebrábamos un día más en familia, a prácticamente huir de nuestro propio hogar con la única idea de tener a mi familia a salvo. A Dios gracias estamos a salvo, juntos y con un techo sobre nuestras cabezas, pero como decía el chino: hay que ser valiente para reconocer que necesitas ayuda, y mucho más valiente el pedirla.

Asi que aquí estamos, como muchas familias que perdieron todo cuando la naturaleza decidió borrar del mapa todo un distrito, pidiendo ayuda porque lo peor que puede pasar es que me digan que No!

Asi que muchas gracias si leíste hasta aquí, muchas gracias por su ayuda, por compartir, y hasta por los mensajes de “tu puedes cabron!”. Los amamos mil!!!

This is our last pic on our place

And here we are trying to get some underwear XD