MercyWorks

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.

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.

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 [...]

Tyler, TX January 13, 2010:  YWAM MercyWorks is responding to the worst earthquake to strike Haiti since 1770.  MercyWorks has several ER doctors who have already indicated their readiness and availability to go.  Their initial job is to immediately take care of people affected by the 7.0 earthquake, then over time transition to primary care.  [...]

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 [...]

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 to stand [...]

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 of porn [...]