By Alicia Jones

With the same patience God has to save his children, a French search and rescue team endured and rescued a Haitian girl from the rubble fifteen days after the deadly earthquake.  “French rescuers pulled a teenage girl — very dehydrated, with a broken left leg and moments from death — from the rubble of a home near the destroyed St. Gerard University on Wednesday, a stunning recovery 15 days after an earthquake devastated the city.  French Ambassador Didier le Bret praised the persistence of the French rescue team, which has kept looking for survivors for days after the Haitian government officially called off the search.”  (Bull, Gregory and Fox, Ben. “Stunning Recovery: Haitian Girl Pulled from Debris.” www.news.yahoo.com. January 27, 2010.  Accessed January 28, 2010.)

Just as the Christian walk often requires patience before we are able to see the fruit of our labor, campaigners waited years before they received their dream.  “After a 17-year battle these tireless campaigners have proved persistence pays off.  In 1992, after continually struggling to get across Longridge Road, in Ribbleton, Preston, community campaigners decided they needed a pelican crossing.  After nearly two decades they have finally got their way.  Rose Caine, 65, who led the campaign as part of the Longridge Road Tenants’ Association, said: “We want to say to people never give up on something. It has made a tremendous difference being able to cross.”  (Robinson, Ben. “Tireless Campaign Wins Group Pelican Crossing.” www.lep.co.uk January 27, 2010.  Accessed January 28, 2010.)