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Jan. 20 /Christian
Newswire/ -- Before the earthquake, Haiti was
one of the poorest nations in the world. About 70% of
Haitians live on less than $2 a day, and now they have
lost everything.
Faith Comes By Hearing, an international Audio Bible
group, is working with Convoy of Hope to provide relief
in Haiti.
Convoy of Hope, a disaster relief organisation and
ministry partner to Faith Comes By Hearing, feeds the
hungry and provides pure drinking water to people in
need across the United States and around the world. To
date, the organisation has provided help to 28 million
people in 112 countries and 45 states.
Lauded for its effectiveness and efficiency, Convoy of
Hope mobilises thousands of volunteers each year to
deliver food and supplies and to offer hope to the poor
and suffering.
Convoy of Hope has people on the ground ready to receive
containers of food, clothing and supplies being sent to
Haiti. They are working with local Haitian churches that
are ministering to those left in this deadly earthquake.
Faith Comes By Hearing is coming alongside their
disaster relief services to provide solar-powered Audio
Bibles that will minister emotional and spiritual
healing to this impoverished nation.
A missionary there wrote on Twitter, "some of the worst
effects are emotional...no smiles on the street and
sense of despair."
Another ministry partner in Haiti sent in a report
stating, "Many are thirsty for words of comfort and ask
us for the Bible."
When her office suffered damage, the first thing she
went in to retrieve--Proclaimers.
While relief efforts help provide the physical needs,
Faith Comes By Hearing's Audio Bibles will help bring
the promises of God in the heart language of the people
so desperate for hope.
"It's hard for us to imagine losing everything--your
home, your family and neighbours," said Jon Wilke, Faith
Comes By Hearing spokesperson. "Now, imagine standing in
a line waiting for aid and hearing Jesus say (in the
Beatitudes) 'Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall
be comforted.' Imagine hearing about how Jesus had no
place to lay his head. These verses in God's Word can
demonstrate that God understands their situation and has
not forgotten them.”
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