MORAVIANS IN MISSION
This issue’s highlight:
Moravian Disaster Response/COVID Aid
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s the calendar turned from 2019 to 2020, none of us could have imagined how a virus would have gripped every corner of God’s earthly kingdom. At first, we thought this might cause us a month or two of inconvenience – it has become far more than that. When it became apparent the virus would impact us for some time, the Board of World Mission decided to offer $200 grants to congregations and agencies in the Northern and Southern Provinces. These grants were to help pay for adjustments in putting their worship services and meetings online using streaming services or Zoom. To date, The BWM has assisted 63 Moravian congregations and agencies, amounting to over $14,000. Some congregations have also used the money for things like feeding programs in their communities. COVID-19 is now impacting our Moravian brothers and sisters in Latin America as case 8
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UPDATE counts continue to rise in a part of the world that does not have the healthcare infrastructure we take for granted in North America. To date, we have sent COVID-19 aid to Honduras (Unity Province), Honduras (Mission Province), Peru and Cuba. A grant of $55,000 was used to purchase medical and protective equipment, hygiene kits and food for the La Mosquitia region in Honduras for use at the Ahuas Clinic and 50 other medical stations. Among the items purchased and shipped were oxygen concentrators, respiratory nebulizers, non-touch thermometers, pulse oximeters, oxygen flowmeters and N-95 masks. We thank the Rt. Rev. Sam and Lorena Gray for overseeing the process of items being purchased, shipped and properly distributed. Sister Lorena was able to help with the packing in Winston-Salem, N.C., and being at the distribution point in Belen, Honduras. We also The Moravian
