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	October 8, 2004 .................... LCMSNews -- No. 72

	Lutherans send aid to Haiti

	LCMS World Relief and Human Care has sent an initial grant of
$18,000 to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti to provide emergency
supplies of food, water, medicine and other necessities to hurricane
survivors in hard-hit Gonaives and the surrounding area.

	More than 1,500 deaths in Haiti have been attributed to
Hurricane Jeanne, which caused massive flooding in more than half of the
country, according to news reports.

	Damage assessment is under way to determine needs not only in
Haiti but also in Jamaica, Grenada, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands,
according to LCMS World Relief and Human Care spokesman Greg Koenig.

	"LCMS World Relief and Human Care will work through LCMS World
Mission, national Lutheran church partners and [Baltimore-based]
Lutheran World Relief to offer care for body and soul throughout the
Caribbean," Koenig said.

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