[274] Faith, Friendships Deepen Earthquake Survivor's Love of Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 27, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081, or WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

FAITH, FRIENDSHIPS DEEPEN EARTHQUAKE SURVIVOR’S LOVE OF LIFE
Social Work Major Discusses Help and Hope on “MTSU on the Record” on WMOT

(MURFREESBORO) – Katie Erie, a 21-year-old MTSU social work major, was performing Christian mission work at an orphanage in Haiti on Jan. 12 when an earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter scale rattled the island nation. Erie will talk about that traumatic experience and her hope for the Haitian people at 8 a.m. this Sunday, Jan. 31, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Erie, who was working for Bruce Gambrell Ministries of Nashville, had chosen to take a semester off to help the people of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. She returned safely to the United States a few days after the quake, but in those harrowing moments immediately following the temblor, her parents did not know whether she was dead or alive.
To listen to last week’s program on the future of radio with MTSU associate professor Paul Allen, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2010.html and click on “January 24, 2010.” For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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