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Jehovah’s Witnesses’ relief efforts in Haiti highlight international unity

March 4 2010

Dr. Mattias attends a victim. Photo Matt Grossman

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EXCLUSIVE FOR DOMINICAN TODAY

Santo Domingo- When a woman in Haiti accepted a study of the Bible from one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, she may have expected it to improve her life. Little did she know, it would literally save her life.

Reports indicate that this woman’s Bible study teacher literally sacrificed her own life to shield her from the death-dealing debris during the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on January 12th.

After the quake, the student was transported to the branch office of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Santo, near Port-au Prince, Haiti, where acts of compassion and kindness were taking place on an even larger scale.

In cooperation with local authorities and other relief agencies, the Witnesses organized to help care for the immediate needs of their fellow worshippers and other victims in Haiti.  At 2:30 am, Thurs…

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