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		<title>UMVIM Update: February Focus: Cuba</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Cuba will always have a piece of my heart. I have been on short-term mission teams throughout Central America, to South America and to Africa, but my favorite place to go remains Cuba.&#8221;
- Pam Buzbee, Marietta, GA
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In the early 1990s, United Methodist Volunteers in Mission teams led by Betty Whitehurst traveled to Cuba to reestablish ties between&#8230; <a href="http://umvim.org/umvim-update-february-focus-cuba/" class="read_more">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UMVIM Update: November Focus: Honduras</title>
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&#8220;I am compelled to learn more, compelled to do better, compelled to go&#8230;
Missions have not just changed my life&#8211;they are my life.&#8221;
-Mary Guffey, Repeat Short-term Mission Volunteer to Honduras
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Fourteen years ago a group of twelve from Jasper, Alabama traveled to Limon, Honduras to serve as short-term mission volunteers. Each year following that trip,&#8230; <a href="http://umvim.org/umvim-update-november-focus-honduras/" class="read_more">Read more</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://umvim.org/umvim-update-november-focus-honduras/</link>
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		<title>UMVIM Update: September</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September Focus: The Republic of South Sudan


 
 

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&#8220;God is calling our church to do miracles. South Sudan is nothing but a series of miracles going on.&#8221;
Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr., 2010 Holston Annual Conference.
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In the summer of 2010, Steve and Diantha Hodges of the Holston Conference announced that they would become Individual Volunteers in Southern&#8230; <a href="http://umvim.org/umvim-update/" class="read_more">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica &#8211; Rice and Beans Ministry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A message from Fred Curry of Rice and Beans Ministries in Costa Rica:
Please help us share the vision and please pray with us for this ministry.
Every single day children are going hungry. Every single day parents are losing jobs and they are unable to find new ones due to the economic crisis. At Rice and Beans Ministries, we are&#8230; <a href="http://umvim.org/costa-rica-rice-and-beans-ministry/" class="read_more">Read more</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://umvim.org/costa-rica-rice-and-beans-ministry/</link>
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		<title>Hurricane Irene Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are multiple requests from the Southeastern Jurisdiction- For more information, click through to read the entire post.
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Virginia: Conference ERT teams are still on standby across the Conference and equipment has been strategically pre-positioned in support of the ERT&#8217;s and possibly UMVIM support later.  The latest update reports that the majority of the power to the Commonwealth will&#8230; <a href="http://umvim.org/hurricane-irene-update/" class="read_more">Read more</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://umvim.org/hurricane-irene-update/</link>
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		<title>North Alabama Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disaster Recovery Update for the North Alabama Conference
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The North Alabama Conference is working fervently to set up case management with the homeowners within each district. As soon as needs are assessed and code ordinances are released, our site coordinators and our volunteer coordinator will begin to assign volunteer teams in each disaster area. Please be patient as we work with&#8230; <a href="http://umvim.org/north-alabama-update/" class="read_more">Read more</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://umvim.org/north-alabama-update/</link>
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		<title>2011 Spring Storm Updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click to see the Spring Storm Updates
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		<title>Team Leader Training</title>
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Click to see info on team leader training
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		<link>http://umvim.org/team-leader-training/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click to see the update on Haiti
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		<link>http://umvim.org/haiti-update/</link>
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		<title>Insurance and Registration</title>
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Click for information on Insurance and Registration
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		<link>http://umvim.org/random-post/</link>
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