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EAST TEXANS PREPARE “CONTAINER OF COMPASSION”

YWAM MercyWorks to Send Critical Supplies to Haiti
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 [...]

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East Texans To The Rescue

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 the scene in [...]

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Latest Audio Podcast from Debbie Lascelles

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.She organizes worldwide relief efforts to help those in need.It is through Christ’s love that she ministers to everyone she meets.Debbie is a member of Marvin [...]

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RESCUED!!!

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.

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Our Haiti Team Experiences Earthquake Firsthand!!!

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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