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Connecting Earthquake Survivors

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Below is a letter from one of our staffer’s Rebekka Schear.

Hi Team:

Just wanted to share with you that today that I received a distressed email from a colleague who was searching for a missing friend in Haiti and knew that we work closely with Partners in Health. She had not heard from him and neither had his family- but asked me to reach out to our friends at PIH to try and find out about the status of this young man.

Because of our ability to connect with people in the organization on the ground there, we were able to find out that this young man was alive and safe and moreover, we were able to relay that information directly to his friends and family.

It?s a small world indeed- just another reminder of how our work and our relationships can help change lives, even when we least expect it.

REBEKKAH SCHEAR, MIA

  • Darren

    Hi Lance,
    My name is Darren Egelhoff, i live in sydney and i’ve just finished reading your book, “Its not about the bike”.
    I was recently diagnosed last year on the 18th of December with Advanced Choriocarcinoma. I’ve just completed my first round of chemo, and its been tough, Physically, mentally and emotionally. Reading your book has been more than inspirational to me, its so comforting to know that im not alone in this battle and your book has given me a higher level of inner strength.
    I feel like im in the same headspace as you were in during the early stages of your chemo, and i just wanted to thankyou for sharing those experiences.
    Seeing that your down under, i thought i’d drop you a msg! (well i was going to anyway)

    Anyway, thankyou again for such and incredible tale of self determination. I really do love your descriptions of Austin TX and how serene the landscape is there : )
    Im taking up cycling once im in good enough shape for it and will find some beautiful countryside to ride through.

    All the best with your impending race Lance,

    Kind regards from a fellow brother,

    Darren