God is Feeding the Hungry!
“I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them as they have longed for me to do.”
Psalm 12:5
Hello my friends! I miss you and have so much to tell!
After the funniest volleyball game I’ve ever played (using all body parts), American pizza, and an amazing worship time, our diverse group of missionaries began to share prayer requests. It really encouraged me to hear that God is indeed at work among the poor and oppressed here in East Africa.
They shared stories that you will never hear on the depressing news about the drought and famine.
A missionary kid told us all about his adventure dropping food supplies from a C130 jet. They had to be fully harnessed as the back of the plane was removed before take-off. Because the drop zone was so small, they had to take several practice runs in which all but one got sick from the excessive turbulence.
He said they had to fly at an altitude of 400 feet, going only 120 knots as not to explode the food supplies on impact! They would drop triple bagged supplies of flour, beans, and rice every 5 seconds.
He had to come back to return to the U.S., but he said his dad, the pilot stayed to drop supplies all week as the UN was giving an endless food supply to all the missionary pilots!
In just the past three days, they have dropped 30tons of food to refugees who have not eaten in two weeks! Samaritan’s purse workers are then on the ground helping distribute food in a way which doesn’t cause rioting.
God is indeed rescuing the destitute!
If you would like to contribute, follow this link to the Samaritan's Purse website:
The first link is to donate toward the airdrops for Somali refugees and the second link is to donate toward the drought here in Kenya. Both are incredibly worthy causes!
Thank you for all your prayers! God is using them and they are not in vain!
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