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Written by Kate Cremisino
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 01:00 |
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The morning rays stretch over the coolness of the beach as two small fishing boats pull up to shore. Tumbling onto the sand are doctors, nurses and volunteers who arrived the evening before with the medical ship anchored just off the reef. Lori Schierer gives hugs while the Fijian children scamper excitedly around their visitors. Barefoot parents in sarongs and hand-me-down T-shirts wave hello, standing outside their shanty huts. Schierer is part of a missionary team from Marine Reach that sails to remote islands offering medical assistance and messages of hope.
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Written by Phil White
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00 |
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"The first time I went back to South Africa as a Christian, I saw my country through new eyes," says Schaun Colin, founder of Oceans of Mercy. "What struck me most was the plight of the AIDS orphans. A friend took me to a home for 12 orphans and I told my wife, 'This is our calling, this is what we’re supposed to do.'"
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