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Haiti – a reflection from Florida

 Mary Delasin is one of the Synod Hunger Leaders in Florida-Bahamas Synod.  This Synod has been instrumental in the Haiti Earthquake response as the companion along with the ELCA of the Lutheran Church of Haiti.  I’m sharing a recent note from...

Chile Updated information from companion Synod

  The following note was added as a comment to the first Chile Earthquake post.  I thought it might be missed as a comment, so am copying here.                            Peace,  Dan.  (Daniel Rift, ELCA World Hunger and Diaster Appeal)  Note...

Chile Earthquake news update

  Chile Earthquake – updated 2/27,  6 pm Eastern Time: Check out the update from Lutheran News Service at: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4461 Material you might want for Sunday morning has now been posted at www.elca.org/disaster Thank you for the prayers and continued...

Chile Earthquake

Unbelievable to wake up this morning to the news of the Earthquake the impending possibilities of impact from a tsunami.   As with Haiti and so many other situations, the ELCA has a connection to what is happening.  We have two...

And then came the rain…

Wednesday night, Haiti’s capital experienced its heaviest rainfall since the earthquake, a soaking downpour that lasted for several hours. The storm, the second this week, foreshadowed things to come when the rainy season sets in next month.   “It has...

Prayers & Hymns in Haiti

      It has been one month of suffering since the earthquake in Haiti. In Port-au-Prince and other parts of Haiti, individuals and families affected commemorated the tragedy this weekend. In churches and public spaces tens and tens of thousands gathered to...