Thank you for standing with us in support of the families of Moore, Okla., with your compassionate gifts and prayers. Please know that Operation Blessing is there acting as your agent in demonstrating God’s love to these families as they begin the difficult recovery process.

If you would like to give a gift and have not yet had a chance to do so, please click here to help victims now. Or, sign up to volunteer with us in the field and help these families begin to pick up the pieces.

MOORE, Oklahoma – Operation Blessing President Bill Horan and teams are on the ground bringing emergency food, water, and other relief to tornado victims and helping Oklahoma’s families pick up the pieces of their lives.

GRANBURY, Texas – Jody Gettys, Director of Operation Blessing International’s US Disaster Relief, shows how volunteers are helping residents recover memories previously thought to be stolen by the tornado that ripped through Granbury.

Most poor people share at least one thing in common: chronically empty stomachs. Can you imagine walking around every day with a stomach ache? If a person is chronically hungry they lack the energy required to break the gravitational pull of poverty. As Christians, we know that we should feed the hungry…but how can we do that effectively?

Since hunger is as close as the next missed meal, it seems that the fight against it might never end—but if a poor person learns to feed himself, a whole new world of independence and opportunity opens up.

In the past few months there have been numerous stories in Blessings about our efforts to alleviate hunger in sustainable ways. Some of the strategies are designed to empower one family at a time (see Meraris’ story on pg. 4 of May Blessings), but most of our models impact entire communities and in some cases, whole countries.

Current efforts include a new OBI distribution center near Dallas that accepts thousands of tons of free food donated by corporations and delivered by our fleet of trucks to partners throughout the southeastern U.S.; teaching Masai tribal villagers in Kenya how to utilize drip irrigation and raise drought-resistant crops; training farmers in Honduras to grow a new, disease-resistant variety of potatoes; operating a solar-powered fish farm and hatchery in Haiti that provides seed baby tilapia and technical support for fledging fish farmers; operating 17 famine-busting grain banks in Niger; opening a pastry bakery in Mexico City that employs inner city youth and funds their culinary training; providing boats and fishing gear to tsunami-ravaged Japanese fishing villages; and distributing vegetable seeds and teaching agronomy in Mali, Africa.

All of these are innovative ways of “teaching a man to fish.” With the help you have already given and the help that is to come, we can win the war against hunger! Thank you for continuing your faithful support of Operation Blessing.

GRANBURY, Texas—Josiah and his family are alive today—all because of a new job.

The 26-year-old father of two and his family were supposed to be home the night the tornado devastated this north Texas community. But thanks to a new job, everyone was out of the house.

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They returned to find their home destroyed, with only a small section in the middle still standing.

“If I’d had my old job, my family would have been home and probably wouldn’t have made it,” Josiah told OBI staff.

Operation Blessing was one of the only groups allowed access into the affected area this weekend, and teams immediately began helping homeowners like Josiah salvage items and begin clearing debris.

“The Operation Blessing volunteers have been great today,” he said. “I wouldn’t have known what to do.”

The Home Depot also pitched in to help, supplying tools such as shovels, wheelbarrows, gloves and volunteers to help residents in the clean up process.

Interested in volunteering with Operation Blessing? Send an e-mail to volunteer@ob.org

Within 24 hours of the devastating Texas tornadoes, Operation Blessing teams were on the ground to set up relief operations as victims begin to rebuild their lives.

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You can help by making a donation to the relief efforts and by joining us in prayer as they go through this very difficult time. To volunteer, please e-mail: volunteer@ob.org

BRAZIL – Every 30 seconds, another person is trafficked. This week, thousands of young people are taking to the streets in Brazil to march against abuse. Will you stand with us in the fight against trafficking and help those who need it most?

In northern Texas, after severe storms injured more than 100 people and devastated homes, Operation Blessing has deployed to the affected area to bring much-needed relief in real time to families in need.

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Operation Blessing teams are assessing the damage and meeting with our network of partners on the ground to determine the specific needs of affected families. A convoy of disaster relief equipment has also been deployed, including Operation Blessing’s mobile kitchen, construction trailers, debril removal equipment and other supplies. Operation Blessing is also mobilizing relief efforts from our Dallas-based warehouse to provide food and other emergency relief as needed.

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Please join us in praying for the families in Texas affected by this devastating storm.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – At two years old, most children are sleeping through the night, talking, and playing happily with others. But not little Waylee.

The two-year-old has suffered from an umbilical hernia since birth—a condition that has kept her from sleeping well at night and prevented her from playing actively with her siblings.

The hernia could be remedied with a surgical procedure, but Waylee’s mother simply couldn’t afford it. When Operation Blessing learned about their situation, we arranged for Waylee to receive the surgery she needed free of charge to her family.

When little Waylee was discharged from the hospital, Operation Blessing staff transported her and her mother to a nearby house where they could rest and monitor little Waylee’s progress before sending them home.

“Interacting with Waylee post-surgery has been entirely different than pre-surgery,” OBI staff said. “She smiles and claps her hands. She is full of energy and has become much more social with her friends and siblings.”

Today, Waylee is home with her family again. She’s finally able to sleep through the night and is even eating more. With surgery now behind her, little Waylee has a bright future ahead.