MERCYWORKS BRINGS HELP, HOPE AND HEALING TO PEOPLE AFFLICTED BY WAR, FAMINE, EXTREME POVERTY AND NATURAL DISASTERS

MercyWorks Sends Team to Nepal

 Tyler, Texas, April 28, 2015 – People around the world were left stunned at the devastation and loss of life from the 7.8 earthquake that rocked Nepal on Saturday.  Thousands are dead, while many thousands more are without food, water or electricity.  Houses and...

Alleviating Poverty One Widow at a Time

Alleviating Poverty One Widow at a Time

Meet Birsha. She is a widowed lady who lives in Nepal. Her kids are grown but live near her. Birsha’s husband was the family breadwinner but now he is gone and she found herself working in construction. Birsha used to carry up to 100 pounds of construction materials...

MercyWorks Responds to Ecuador Disaster

MercyWorks Responds to Ecuador Disaster

51 weeks ago, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal leaving thousands dead, buildings flattened, and hundreds trapped under mounds of rubble.  Now, a week shy of the one year anniversary of that quake, another 7.8 earthquake has struck – this time in the South...

MercyWorks is Going to Oklahoma!

MercyWorks is Going to Oklahoma!

Last fall, MercyWorks delivered world beds to be used among the Syrian refugees living on the Jordan/Syria border. We now are able to help people in our own back yard, in neighboring Oklahoma, who have become homeless. MercyWorks is sending a load of world beds in...

Hurricane Sandy Response Team

Hurricane Sandy Response Team

We have an opportunity to minister to people adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy. Today as I write, one million people are still without power.  Thousands more are now homeless and have lost all they had. MercyWorks is sending our first team to help to Atlantic...

Needed: Goats and Doctors!

Needed: Goats and Doctors!

Hope your summer is going well. We are in need of goats and doctors as you can tell. Please be in prayer about the following … Gideon is our MercyWorks contact in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and manages the animal bank project. MercyWorks has been purchasing goats there for...

Japan – A Year Later. What’s Ahead?

Japan – A Year Later. What’s Ahead?

Just one short year ago, on March 11, we watched in horror as giant tsunami waves literally swept away whole towns in Japan. Thousands of people lost their lives, as they tried in vain to escape the powerful ocean walls, after the record breaking 9.0 earthquake had...

Nepal Killer Quake

By now you’ve heard about the killer 7.8 earthquake in Nepal leaving so many dead, buildings flattened, and likely hundreds trapped under mounds of rubble.  Hospitals are so crowded in the capital city of Katmandu that many are being treated outdoors.  Everywhere...

MercyWorks Sends Team to Nepal

 Tyler, Texas, April 28, 2015 – People around the world were left stunned at the devastation and loss of life from the 7.8 earthquake that rocked Nepal on Saturday.  Thousands are dead, while many thousands more are without food, water or electricity.  Houses and...

MercyWorks Helps Syrian Refugees

MercyWorks Helps Syrian Refugees

Turn on the news and soon you’ll see images and hear stories about the flood of refugees fleeing war torn Syria bound for Europe.  Meeting the physical and spiritual needs of Syrian refugees is nothing new for MercyWorks.  We have consistently been showing God’s love...

Alleviating Poverty One Widow at a Time

Alleviating Poverty One Widow at a Time

Meet Birsha. She is a widowed lady who lives in Nepal. Her kids are grown but live near her. Birsha’s husband was the family breadwinner but now he is gone and she found herself working in construction. Birsha used to carry up to 100 pounds of construction materials...

MercyWorks Responds to Ecuador Disaster

MercyWorks Responds to Ecuador Disaster

51 weeks ago, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal leaving thousands dead, buildings flattened, and hundreds trapped under mounds of rubble.  Now, a week shy of the one year anniversary of that quake, another 7.8 earthquake has struck – this time in the South...

MercyWorks is Going to Oklahoma!

MercyWorks is Going to Oklahoma!

Last fall, MercyWorks delivered world beds to be used among the Syrian refugees living on the Jordan/Syria border. We now are able to help people in our own back yard, in neighboring Oklahoma, who have become homeless. MercyWorks is sending a load of world beds in...

Jordanian Believers Helping Refugees

Jordanian Believers Helping Refugees

(Peace be upon you!)  I recently returned from an eye-opening trip to the Jordan/Syria border.  It was great to return in the spring of 2013 after my initial visit in the fall of 2012 and to see how the work among the Syrian refugees is going full speed ahead. The...

Praying for Syria

Praying for Syria

Who’s looking for a whale? “And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left and also many cattle?” (Jonah 4:11) God expressed his heart to Jonah, who of course had other ideas. He...

Hurricane Sandy Response Team

Hurricane Sandy Response Team

We have an opportunity to minister to people adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy. Today as I write, one million people are still without power.  Thousands more are now homeless and have lost all they had. MercyWorks is sending our first team to help to Atlantic...

Syrian Refugee Crisis Update

Syrian Refugee Crisis Update

The crisis in Syria worsens by the day.  You may have heard that some 30,000 Syrians have been killed by President al-Assad in the past year.  I recently returned from northern Jordan where 200,000 Syrian refugees are currently living.  The stories I heard from those...

MercyWorks Sends Team to Nepal

 Tyler, Texas, April 28, 2015 – People around the world were left stunned at the devastation and loss of life from the 7.8 earthquake that rocked Nepal on Saturday.  Thousands are dead, while many thousands more are without food, water or electricity.  Houses and...

Alleviating Poverty One Widow at a Time

Alleviating Poverty One Widow at a Time

Meet Birsha. She is a widowed lady who lives in Nepal. Her kids are grown but live near her. Birsha’s husband was the family breadwinner but now he is gone and she found herself working in construction. Birsha used to carry up to 100 pounds of construction materials...

MercyWorks Responds to Ecuador Disaster

MercyWorks Responds to Ecuador Disaster

51 weeks ago, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal leaving thousands dead, buildings flattened, and hundreds trapped under mounds of rubble.  Now, a week shy of the one year anniversary of that quake, another 7.8 earthquake has struck – this time in the South...

MercyWorks is Going to Oklahoma!

MercyWorks is Going to Oklahoma!

Last fall, MercyWorks delivered world beds to be used among the Syrian refugees living on the Jordan/Syria border. We now are able to help people in our own back yard, in neighboring Oklahoma, who have become homeless. MercyWorks is sending a load of world beds in...

Hurricane Sandy Response Team

Hurricane Sandy Response Team

We have an opportunity to minister to people adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy. Today as I write, one million people are still without power.  Thousands more are now homeless and have lost all they had. MercyWorks is sending our first team to help to Atlantic...

Needed: Goats and Doctors!

Needed: Goats and Doctors!

Hope your summer is going well. We are in need of goats and doctors as you can tell. Please be in prayer about the following … Gideon is our MercyWorks contact in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and manages the animal bank project. MercyWorks has been purchasing goats there for...

Japan – A Year Later. What’s Ahead?

Japan – A Year Later. What’s Ahead?

Just one short year ago, on March 11, we watched in horror as giant tsunami waves literally swept away whole towns in Japan. Thousands of people lost their lives, as they tried in vain to escape the powerful ocean walls, after the record breaking 9.0 earthquake had...