Amid a vast expanse of destruction, the sight of a woman quietly performing her prayers inside a small hut, encircled by hundreds of thousands of timber logs strewn across the ground after being swept in by raging floodwaters, stopped visitors in their tracks upon entering Kampung Menang Gini, Karang Baru, Aceh.

Her unwavering devotion to performing the obligatory prayer in the fragile hut - barely large enough to accommodate two people - stirred the curiosity and emotion of journalists who were accompanying a humanitarian aid mission to the remote village in Aceh Tamiang.