<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>That is great! It is times like this that people need faith to hold them together. I'm hearing lots of stories on the Public Radio from Haitians that have gone days without food and water, and they say it is their faith that has kept them alive this long. Unfortunately, the water and food supplies are there but have not been getting to the people very well until today. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 1/21/10, Ralph Nielsen <I><nielsen@uidaho.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu><BR>Subject: [Vision2020] If they haven't got bread, let them eat Bibles<BR>To: "vision 2020" <Vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:26 AM<BR><BR>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 29px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px"><FONT style="FONT: 28px Helvetica; LETTER-SPACING: -1px" size=6 face=Helvetica><B>Solar-powered Bibles sent to Haiti</B></FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)" color=#666666 size=3 face=Verdana><B>Posted Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:39pm AEDT</B></FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana><B>As international aid agencies rush food, water and medicine to Haiti's earthquake victims, a United States group is sending Bibles.</B></FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>But these aren't just any Bibles; they're solar-powered audible Bibles that can broadcast the holy scriptures in Haitian Creole to 300 people at a time.</FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>The Faith Comes By Hearing organisation says its Bible, called the <SPAN>Proclaimer</SPAN>, delivers "digital quality" and is designed for "poor and illiterate people".</FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>It says 600 of the devices are already on their way to Haiti.</FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>The Albuquerque-based <SPAN>organisation</SPAN> says it is responding to the Haitian crisis by "providing faith, hope and love through God's word in audio".</FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>The audio Bible can bring the "hope and comfort that comes from knowing God has not forgotten them through this tragedy," a statement on its website says.</FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>"The Proclaimer is self-powered and can play the Bible in the jungle, desert or ... even on the moon!"</FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>Tens of thousands of Port-au-Prince residents are living outdoors because their homes have collapsed or they fear aftershocks following Wednesday's quake.</FONT></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Verdana" size=3 face=Verdana>- <B>Reuters</B></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR>
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