While LCMS disaster response efforts in Haiti are going strong, Lutheran Services Florida (LFS) is assisting with relief efforts stateside. Since Jan. 18, LFS staff and volunteers have greeted the thousands of Haitians entering the U.S. at the Sanford and Tampa international airports. LFS was asked by the Florida Department of Children and Families to [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
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Julie Valarious, a paramedic from southern Illinois treats a young Haitian at Good Samaritan Hospital on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border while serving with a Mercy Medical Team sponsored by LCMS World Relief and Human Care. She and 10 others served at the hospital for five days less than one week after the massive earthquake in [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
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Material donations are requested by LCMS partners MISSION: HAITI, Lutheran Church Charities, and Orphan Grain Train for shipment to Haiti in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake. LCMS World Relief and Human Care will assist these Lutheran partners with overseas shipping charges. MISSION: HAITI On Tuesday, MISSION: HAITI, Inc., sent three 40-foot shipping containers on [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
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Julie Valarious, a paramedic from southern Illinois treats a young Haitian at Good Samaritan Hospital on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border while serving with a Mercy Medical Team sponsored by LCMS World Relief and Human Care. She and 10 others served at the hospital for five days less than one week after the massive earthquake in [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Jacob Fiene, manager of medical and material resources with LCMS World Relief and Human Care, speaks with KFUO about “jumping right in” to the overwhelming need for medical care among displaced Haitians. Fiene led the first Mercy Medical Team (MMT) to Jimani, Dominican Republic, last week and will be a part of the second MMT [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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A second Mercy Medical Team is scheduled to travel Saturday to assist Haitians after the Jan. 12 devastating earthquake. The team will serve in Jacmel, Haiti, an area overlooked in medical coverage due to the transportation challenges to the town located south of Port-au-Prince. “By all estimations, there’s just as much damage [as in Port-au-Prince] [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Districts and Congregations with LCMS World Relief and Human Care, reflects on his experiences as part of the LCMS pastoral care team at Good Samaritan Hospital in Jimani, Dominican Republic, specifically caring for Haitian refugees and volunteer medical workers’ emotional and spiritual needs. Make a gift online, call toll free [...]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Rev. Matthew Harrison speaks with Issues Etc. after returning from nearly a week in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and describes how LCMS response efforts stem from the needs of our Lutheran partners in Haiti, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH). Jan 27, 2010 – Issues, Etc interviews Rev. Harrison How to help: Make [...]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Jacob Fiene and Rev. Matthew Harrison, both of LCMS World Relief and Human Care, speak with KMOX radio upon their return from the Dominican Republic and Haiti about the strength of Haitians to care for one another following the earthquake, and explain the medical, pastoral care, and assessment efforts of WR-HC in Haiti. Jan 27, [...]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Mana Kasongo, a doctor from Albany, Ga., describes a hectic and emotional day of serving with the first Mercy Medical Team at Good Samaritan Hospital in Jimani, on the Haiti- Dominican Republic border. Make a gift online, call toll free 888-930-4438, or mail donations marked “Haiti Earthquake Relief” to LCMS World Relief and Human Care, [...]
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Friday, January 29, 2010
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