Closer to home, it’s now been over six months since the horrifying earthquake struck Port-au-Prince with such devastation on January 12. Since that time, MercyWorks medical and construction teams have worked nonstop to help those afflicted by natural disaster. Over the last six months, we have sent more than 200 volunteers to Haiti who have [...]
Continue reading...30. March 2010
Mike and Karen Wyatt and their friend Brandon Patterson of Gatlinburg came back from Haiti with more stories than they can possibly tell in a two-hour presentation, but they offered up the highlights of their mission trip recently at the Shagbark Club House. The Wyatts traveled to Haiti less than a week after the 7.0 [...]
Continue reading...5. February 2010
Tyler, Texas | February 4, 2010 — The relief arm of Youth With A Mission Tyler, MercyWorks has responded to the Haiti earthquake by sending three medical teams to Port-au-Prince. Additional medical teams are scheduled to leave next week and the following week. Volunteer doctors, nurses, EMTs and the like are treating over 1,000 men, [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2010
By PATRICK S. BUTLER Religion Editor – TylerPaper.com The “heartbreaking” conditions of “families who have lost everything” has been the week-long scenario Smith County medical workers have endured in Haiti since Tuesday. The team sent from Youth With A Mission of Tyler’s MercyWorks has experienced “overwhelming conditions” during their week-long stay, a MercyWorks staffer on [...]
Continue reading...25. January 2010
Debbie Lascelles reports on the situation in Haiti and MercyWorks’ initial response to the disaster. Debbie serves as director of Mercy Works at Youth With A Mission.She has traveled to countries ravished by war, demolished by earthquakes and impoverished by famine.
Continue reading...22. January 2010
January 22, 2010 Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A crowd gathers on Friday, January 22, 2010 on the street near where a young man had been discovered alive, trapped beneath his house. Some Haitians ran to the nearby YWAM MercyWorks clinic to get help.
Continue reading...21. January 2010
This morning our team woke up at 6 a.m. and less than 5 minutes later, a very strong aftershock (measuring 6.1) hit. Team members immediately ran out of the orphanage house where we are staying. This morning’s 6.1 aftershock was pretty significant in that it was stronger than all previous aftershocks, and comes more than [...]
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20. July 2010
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