In response to the earthquake in central Mexico March 20, the LCMS established telephone and email contact March 21 with President Alvaro Lopez of the Lutheran Synod of Mexico, a partner church of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Lopez told the Rev. Carlos Hernandez that he (Lopez) continues to receive calls from all over the world, [...]
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Photo: A new Lutheran congregation in Jacmel, Haiti, forms the heart of a Lutheran Village. (Rev. Dr. Al Collver) Get a first-hand look into the Jan. 15 Lutheran Village home and church dedication in Jacmel, Haiti. Rev. Dr. Al Collver, LCMS director of Church Relations – assistant to the President, shares photos, video interviews with [...]
Friday, January 13, 2012
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The January edition of The Lutheran Witness addresses the barrage of natural disasters that occurred in 2011, highlighting the ways in which The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) responded through works of mercy. Get a firsthand look at how the generous donations of LCMS members have made it possible to show Christ’s love to those suffering [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
By Kim Plummer Krull Generous donors to LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) have provided more than $5.6 million for help in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. That aid was distributed primarily through grants to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH), an LCMS partner church, and also to the Lutheran Church of [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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By Kim Plummer Krull Plans are in the works to dedicate three Lutheran villages in January in Haiti, the new homes of earthquake survivors who are among the “thousands touched by Christ’s mercy” and a milestone in LCMS “team work” that began nearly two years ago. Homeless Haitians are in the process of moving from [...]
Monday, September 12, 2011
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“You saved my life and the lives of my children.” That’s what a Haitian mother living in a home at the new Lutheran Village in Jacmel said to the Rev. Glenn F. Merritt during his latest trip to check on rebuilding and recovery in the battered Caribbean country.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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One year after a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, nearly 1 million people still live in tents, 95 percent of the rubble remains and cholera has killed more than 2,500, according to news sources. Other troubling reports say that less than half of the more than $4 billion pledged internationally for earthquake [...]
Thursday, December 2, 2010
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As LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) donors celebrated Thanksgiving Day in the United States, they also helped provide a hospital in Haiti with a blessing – a delivery of medical supplies to treat cholera patients. “The cholera is growing there a lot,” Willy Gaspar, WR-HC projects manager in Haiti, said in an e-mail, [...]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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Ten months after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, news stories report how little has changed, including that more than 1 million survivors remain homeless and that none of the U.S. government’s pledged $1.15 billion in aid has arrived in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. But amid huge challenges that include a recent cholera outbreak, [...]
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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To help fight the spread of deadly cholera, LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) awarded a $5,000 grant to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH) to buy urgently needed sanitation supplies and bottled water. The grant followed an urgent request from ELCH President Rev. Marky Kessa and was issued one day after a [...]
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
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