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Heartache, miracles mark relief efforts in Haiti

At 4:53 p.m.—the moment when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake turned Haiti upside down a week ago today—hundreds of Christians spent a minute praying for survivors, churches and relief teams on the ground in Port-au-Prince, reports Charisma News Online.

The weekly One Minute for Haiti prayer campaign, sponsored by World Relief, launched today and is one of dozens of ways Christians are providing spiritual as well as humanitarian support in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that officials say has left at least 70,000 dead.

Like other aid organizations working in Port-au-Prince near the epicenter of the earthquake, World Relief is helping to provide food, medical care and clean water to survivors.

Love a Child, which also runs an orphange, church and Jesus Healing Center at its base in Fond Parisien, roughly 55 miles from Port-au-Prince, will become the site of a United Nations medical base staffed by doctors from around the world. Twenty physicians are expected to arrive tomorrow.

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[01/20/2010]

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