<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #63647e; line-height: 18px;"> </span></p> <p style="color: #63647e; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;"><!--StartFragment--></p> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Samaritan&rsquo;s Purse UK has sent out an urgent request for Christian doctors and nurses to help them respond to the deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">More than 2,100 people have already died and over 18,000 have been hospitalised. UN officials fear as many as 200,000 people may be affected. Samaritan&rsquo;s Purse has mounted an emergency medical response, treating patients in three Cholera Treatment Centres.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Sarah decided to volunteer.&nbsp; Dad (Jonathan) said he thought that was a great idea.&nbsp; Jonathan then thought that since it was a good idea what excuse did he have not to volunteer as well!</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">So both Sarah and Jonathan have nervously agreed to go to Haiti for 2 weeks 31</span>^{<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">st</span>}<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> December 2010 to 15</span>^{<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">th</span>}<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> January 2011.&nbsp; They are covering their own locum costs and taking unpaid leave and are happy to do this.&nbsp; Samaritan&rsquo;s purse are covering the travel and accommodation costs.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">We thought that some of our friends and family might want to support Samaritan&rsquo;s purse on our behalf.&nbsp; The more costs are covered then the more other volunteers can be sent.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Costs to Samaritan's purse are &pound;850 each - &pound;1,700.&nbsp; It would be great if any of you could support the work in Haiti in this way.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Many thanks</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Sarah and Jonathan</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #ff0000; line-height: 18px;">This 3 minute video of the work is well worth watching, click below:</span></p> <p style="color: #63647e; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px;"><a title="Responding to Cholera" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzAppkXpxag" target="_blank">#mce_temp_url#</a></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>