8:20 a.m.; Monday, March 14, 2011

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – I just spoke with David Darg who arrived in Japan about 6 hours ago. There is 13-hour time difference in Japan, so it’s about 8 a.m. here in Virginia and 9 p.m. in Tokyo. (more…)

11 a.m.; Sunday, March 13, 2011

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Responding to Japan’s earthquake and tsunami disaster is especially challenging because we do not have infrastructure in Japan and have only limited local connections there. Anyone who watches TV can see that help is needed, but we don’t yet know exactly what kind of help to offer. Experience has taught us that the best way to find out what is really going on, and to learn how to help disaster victims most effectively, is to put our staff on the ground. (more…)

OB Indonesia medical and relief teams travel for hours by boat to reach the hard-hit Mentawai islands, bringing emergency food and medical relief to tsunami victims. (more…)

Find out how a unique partnership between Operation Blessing and Tide is helping the largest hospital in Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A little over a year ago, I was standing in a hospital room in Belladere, Haiti, listening to a haunting melody. We didn’t know her name or age—but we knew why she had come. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Even as darkness fell, sticky heat smothered Port-au-Prince like an electric blanket turned all the way up. As I stepped from the cool sanctuary of the Land Cruiser, my glasses fogged up; so I took them off and slipped them into my shirt pocket. (more…)

QINGHAI, China – In the wake of the Qinghai Province earthquake, OB China launched an immediate relief response and began partnering with local churches to gather and distribute supplies to victims in the disaster area. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Despite suffering quake damage that destroyed or damaged several buildings and killed hundreds of staff, Haiti’s largest hospital is still functioning 24/7. Doctors and nurses working long hours amid sweltering sauna-like heat are performing heroically in spite of broken and dilapidated equipment and entire departments are functioning outside under tents. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – This tiny girl is Betty; she is about two years old. To my untrained eye, Betty seems alert and aware, but Loune, from Partners in Health, says she is “a bit slow.” (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – This morning I joined a Haitian Pastor, Pastor Volner, on a helicopter flight to a remote community that we have been serving with food supplies. On the way we landed in a village called Pouille, home to a rural community of 1,800 people. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – My day started with a distribution in downtown Port-au-Prince with The Salvation Army. OBI teamed up with them to hand out our collapsable water kits to 2,000 families. The Salvation Army has been working with a specific camp and do distributions twice a week, usually handing out food. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – On January 12, I was in Jerusalem getting ready to fly to London that night and then on to Niger, West Africa. (more…)