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An abandoned woman, an orphan and a simple decision to say YES

Marsha Campbell, Uganda
Jane, from Nebbi-Town, Uganda, like thousands of women in Africa, found herself abandoned and struggling to support herself and orphaned three year old Dennis. Committed to addressing the plight of abandoned women and orphaned children in Africa, […]

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Hope for "Dependents"

The life of a pastor in Uganda is an eye opener. We’ve been in Lira, northern Uganda.
We arrived to find the pastor hosting us in mourning. He just learned his 6 year old “daughter” died. She […]

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Christ's transformational love

Pastor Diton said that God’s using the church to demonstrate Christ’s transformational love. To explain, he introduces me to Stephen. Here’s a pic of Diton with Stephen.
Steven and Pastor Diton
Stephen lost both parents to AIDS. He […]

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Connecting with Kids

Trace Thurlby, Live from Haiti
Meet Joseph Volcy. His father died when he was 10; his mother 5 years later. At 15, he lived by himself, worked, and went to school. He taught himself english by “having conversations with myself.”
He’s […]

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Haiti Earthquake Updates & News

Haiti Relief Update (2/10/2010):

From Mike Fox live from Haiti:

Our friends from World Vision showed up today with about 200 toys (big cars, balls, and dolls). Out of the blue, they pull up in an old, ratty truck […]

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Haiti – Day 7

Day 7 of our Haiti trip was a trek to our first destination, the village of Cherette, Haiti. Cherette is know for its heavy practice of Vodou and most of the area are pretty hard to get to […]

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Haiti – Day 6

Port Salut and Arniquet were the agenda for Day 6 of our “romp around Haiti”. Marsha and I started off early but we had a bit of a haul to our first stop @ Port Salut, which is looks […]

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Haiti – Day 5

Day 5 started with some of the best oatmeal I have ever had, I’m sure the sugar content will not help my aspirations for a triathlon next month but it was enjoyable nonetheless and got the day started off […]

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Haiti – Day 4

Connectivity in Haiti sometimes is a bit hit and miss so the last 2 days posts haven’t quite happened (many apologies).
The C3 group that was 18 is now down to 2 as of day 4, what happened? […]

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Morning One in Haiti

This morning we woke up to a great rain here in Les Cayes, Haiti. Its fairly calm so far but still early. Yesterday was a great day, we spent time in Cambry yesterday where nearly 250 kids […]

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