I am praying for Walter today, that he would receive this truth and trust the Lord to be his Shepherd and His Lord in the midst of the hurts of being abandoned by his parents.
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- Food For Orphans
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- Food for Orphans is a 501(c)3 charity and all donations are tax-deductible. Our Federal EIN is 75-3242422. "Feeding orphans one meal at a time." Mission: to supply at least one nutritious meal per day to as many orphans as possible.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Walter's Story
This is Walter, one of the orphans at Casa Luz in Peru. I love this photo because it reminds me that the Lord is the Shepherd who cares for the most vulnerable sheep like Walter. He is the Father to the fatherless, the defender of the orphan and the widow.
I am praying for Walter today, that he would receive this truth and trust the Lord to be his Shepherd and His Lord in the midst of the hurts of being abandoned by his parents.
I am praying for Walter today, that he would receive this truth and trust the Lord to be his Shepherd and His Lord in the midst of the hurts of being abandoned by his parents.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Rene's Story
This is the story of Rene, a child sponsored through one of our partners, Vision Trust International. Food for Orphans helps feed the children of Casa Luz in Ayacucho,Peru.
Rene was 10 years old when she came to Casa Luz with her three siblings, each of them carrying a burden in their little hearts. One day when arriving home from working on the farm with their father, the children saw their mother in the distance standing next to a tree outside of their humble house. They began running and shouting “Mommy, Mommy!” but this time she did not respond to them. As they got closer they realized that something was wrong, their mother was not moving. When they got to her feet they discovered to their horror that she was hanging from the tree.
She had committed suicide five months pregnant. On this terrible day their world was destroyed. Their father could not care for them on his own, so he decided to bring them to Casa Luz.
At Casa Luz, Rene and her siblings were feed, cared for and learned about the love of God. She accepted this love and God began to heal her heart. Quickly, Rene began to serve the Lord in church, singing in the choir and teaching children’s Sunday School.
Rene is now in college. In her spare time Rene helps to care for the children of Casa Luz, children who are just like her. It is her dream to one day preach the Word of God and to help the impoverished Quechua people who live in the mountains of Peru. In the same place where her life was destroyed, she will bring the hope and love of God.
Working together, we can make a difference.
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. ~H.E. Luccock
Rene was 10 years old when she came to Casa Luz with her three siblings, each of them carrying a burden in their little hearts. One day when arriving home from working on the farm with their father, the children saw their mother in the distance standing next to a tree outside of their humble house. They began running and shouting “Mommy, Mommy!” but this time she did not respond to them. As they got closer they realized that something was wrong, their mother was not moving. When they got to her feet they discovered to their horror that she was hanging from the tree.
She had committed suicide five months pregnant. On this terrible day their world was destroyed. Their father could not care for them on his own, so he decided to bring them to Casa Luz.
At Casa Luz, Rene and her siblings were feed, cared for and learned about the love of God. She accepted this love and God began to heal her heart. Quickly, Rene began to serve the Lord in church, singing in the choir and teaching children’s Sunday School.
Rene is now in college. In her spare time Rene helps to care for the children of Casa Luz, children who are just like her. It is her dream to one day preach the Word of God and to help the impoverished Quechua people who live in the mountains of Peru. In the same place where her life was destroyed, she will bring the hope and love of God.
Working together, we can make a difference.
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. ~H.E. Luccock
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Meet the Cornell's
Last week, I told you about a new project in Kenya. Now let me introduce you to our new leaders, Bill and Patricia Cornell. They brought the Shalom School in Kenya to Food for Orphan’s attention. We are so excited about this partnership.
Bill and Patricia Cornell began their journey by traveling with a small team from 2001 to 2004 to Kenya and Zambia, Africa. Here is their story as told by Patricia…
During those years, we fell in love with every facet of a missionary life from day one. There was nothing too rough or rugged…no task too big…and no vision unreachable for either me or my husband! Our hearts were no doubt chosen by God to serve Him in this capacity! That’s why it was effortless to sale out- lock, stock, and barrel and move to Kenya in 2008. We were launched by Messengers International with one way tickets to Africa and our meager retirements…thinking this would be a 3 year jaunt! However, three months into this adventure we realized this was our plot in life…for life!
After strong prompting from the Holy Spirit to teach Bible application classes…we built a bamboo hut that served as a classroom. Our first class was 12 students…all Pastors from seven different tribes…some from the bush, the desert or slums but none could afford to attend accredited schools. We started that class with four books and one work book. The students shared the four text books and we printed workbooks from the one original. They studied for two full years and celebrated our first big graduation! We have graduated 174 Pastors or leaders in the span of five years and will have 6 more classes graduating in August 2013. Our course of action is to train and send out…selecting our VFA teachers from those graduates.
Although our vision and focus is to train and send out leaders, we become very involved in the lives of those who sit in our classes. Their families quickly become our concern. This, of course, leads us to many projects such as providing food, medicine, education, bicycles or motorbikes for our teachers, and provision for orphans and widows. This is where “Food For Orphans” comes into our lives. Pastor Victor and his wife Joann have a school for 327 orphans that we help as much as we can but cannot meet the enormous need there. Although, this is a school these children have to be fed before they can stay awake to study their lessons. The meal FFO provides will be the only meal most of these kids will have for the day. This is a miracle for our organization to be involved in the distribution of food for these kids in behalf of FFO!
We are blessed…the children are blessed and the Lord is glorified! Thank you FFO!
Bill and Patricia Cornell
Vision For Africa Ministries
Bill and Patricia Cornell began their journey by traveling with a small team from 2001 to 2004 to Kenya and Zambia, Africa. Here is their story as told by Patricia…
During those years, we fell in love with every facet of a missionary life from day one. There was nothing too rough or rugged…no task too big…and no vision unreachable for either me or my husband! Our hearts were no doubt chosen by God to serve Him in this capacity! That’s why it was effortless to sale out- lock, stock, and barrel and move to Kenya in 2008. We were launched by Messengers International with one way tickets to Africa and our meager retirements…thinking this would be a 3 year jaunt! However, three months into this adventure we realized this was our plot in life…for life!
After strong prompting from the Holy Spirit to teach Bible application classes…we built a bamboo hut that served as a classroom. Our first class was 12 students…all Pastors from seven different tribes…some from the bush, the desert or slums but none could afford to attend accredited schools. We started that class with four books and one work book. The students shared the four text books and we printed workbooks from the one original. They studied for two full years and celebrated our first big graduation! We have graduated 174 Pastors or leaders in the span of five years and will have 6 more classes graduating in August 2013. Our course of action is to train and send out…selecting our VFA teachers from those graduates.
Although our vision and focus is to train and send out leaders, we become very involved in the lives of those who sit in our classes. Their families quickly become our concern. This, of course, leads us to many projects such as providing food, medicine, education, bicycles or motorbikes for our teachers, and provision for orphans and widows. This is where “Food For Orphans” comes into our lives. Pastor Victor and his wife Joann have a school for 327 orphans that we help as much as we can but cannot meet the enormous need there. Although, this is a school these children have to be fed before they can stay awake to study their lessons. The meal FFO provides will be the only meal most of these kids will have for the day. This is a miracle for our organization to be involved in the distribution of food for these kids in behalf of FFO!
We are blessed…the children are blessed and the Lord is glorified! Thank you FFO!
Bill and Patricia Cornell
Vision For Africa Ministries
Saturday, June 8, 2013
New Project : The Shalom School
Food for Orphans is delighted to announce a new partner...the Shalom School in Kitale, Kenya. This school is headed by Pastor Victor who serves 327 of the orphans in the community of Kitale!
Food for Orphans is helping to feed these children 3x a day!
Thank you for your continued support. We are so thrilled to be adding a new school and feeding more children.
Food for Orphans is helping to feed these children 3x a day!
Thank you for your continued support. We are so thrilled to be adding a new school and feeding more children.
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