Monthly Archives: November 2010

Franklin Graham–Thanksgiving and Haiti

Tom here – Franklin Graham wrote a thought provoking and disturbing editorial in the Washington Post last Thursday for Thanksgiving.   I’d ask you to do three things:  1) Read what he wrote.   2) Pray for the people of Haiti and … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving in Haiti

  I am thankful to be alive today.  I don’t mean that in the general, universal sense (while that would also be true).  I mean that I am glad that I didn’t die yesterday.  Let me explain.     When you live in Haiti a… Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

    Home                About WWV       Visit Haiti                       Give    November 23, 2010   HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! At this time of reflection and thanksgiving, we at World Wide Village want to take a moment and express our deep gratitude for all … Continue reading

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Cholera – And a Large Dose of Perspective

This was originally posted on Frank and Jillian Thorp’s blog.   You can read more about their experiences in Haiti at On the Goat Path Cholera Reaches Port-au-Prince as Victims Are Left In Mass Graves November 22, 2010 by Frank … Continue reading

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The “Rest of the Story?”

In Haiti, surviving cholera is just the beginning More than 1,000 have died, but Emmanuel Tima’s small son has been saved. However the future is still uncertain Audio slideshow: ‘The people here pray a lot’ guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 November 2010 … Continue reading

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Haiti Cholera Update from Senator Bill Frist

I found this article on Sen. Frist’s website.   I’ve never met him, but I have memories of some people I know who said he was down in Haiti working side by side with other medical personnel trying to save earthquake … Continue reading

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A day in the life of…

My day started out with a call from the states. Jeremy is going to be landing at 10am and he has cholera medicine in hand for you- enough for 20 people. Can you meet him at Avis at 10 am. “I’ll be there”, was my firm response and then I hung up the pho… Continue reading

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275 > 125

November 14, 2010 TREATMENT CENTER OVERCROWDED: 257 CHOLERA PATIENTS, ONLY 125 BEDS Samaritan’s Purse doctors and nurses working to save lives as cholera spreads in Haiti’s capital city   Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate among earthquake survivors in Haiti. … Continue reading

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Sick Children

This story from Dixie illustrates a couple of things for me.   It shows how incredibly hard it is to be a child in Haiti.    It also shows how important it is that there are places that can provide high quality … Continue reading

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When Helping Hurts – a guest post

Haiti has a way of doing that – it changes your thinking about a lot of things.   Aaron and Heather wrote a very compelling article that presents a different view of mission trips.   I haven’t read the book yet, but … Continue reading

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