MercyWorks Blog

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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Taking A “Step Ahead”

Our first stop on Thursday was visiting Step Ahead Bangkok, a micro-enterprise development ministry headed by YWAMers John and Kimberly Quinley, American missionaries who have lived in Thailand for the past 25 years.
The fruit from their many endeavors is evident in changed lives throughout the country. Our goal for the first day was visiting [...]

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Jesus Loves the Little Children

After seeing the work of Step Ahead Bangkok and Step Ahead Pattaya, we then drove to observe YWAM’s SLUM ministries. This is perhaps one of the simplest and purest ministry concepts I have ever seen in 30 years of full-time missions work. I suggested to the team they use the letters in SLUM [...]

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Learning Firsthand What God is Doing

Sunday and Monday were a continuation of a huge learning curve. Back in Bangkok, we learned more about how to make a difference in the human trafficking industry. We met a YWAMer named Chris of MST Project (Male Sex Tours) who believes men as the main consumers of porn and as the traffickers [...]

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Zimbabwe Crisis

Zimbabwe, located in southern Africa, is in the midst of a humanitarian and human rights crisis. Women and children are particularly effected, and over half the population depend on food aid because of a lack of responsible leadership and the present political deadlock. There is an economic meltdown of unimaginable proportions and basic services such [...]

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