by WPSecurityLock | Jan 29, 2018 | Disaster Response
TEXAS, USA – When Amy Fernandez, wife, mother of six mostly grown children, and online student from California, heard about an opportunity to help Hurricane Harvey disaster victims in Texas, God tugged at her heart and she felt that she needed to get involved. But at...
by Chelsea Lord | Jan 11, 2018 | Child Development, Medical Care
CORNILLON GRAND-BOIS, Haiti – It takes over two hours on a dirt path just to reach the main road. And for the impoverished villagers of Cornillon Grand-Bois, that is a long way to go if you need health care. The community struggles without access to medical aid, so...
by Operation Blessing | Jan 10, 2018 | Clean Water, Disaster Response
PUERTO RICO – On September 6, 2017, the eye of Hurricane Irma, a powerful category 5 storm, passed just north of San Juan. Though the hurricane caused massive damage to the island, Puerto Ricans breathed a sigh of relief knowing it could have been much worse. But just...
by Chelsea Lord | Jan 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
TEXAS – Winderful has weathered many storms in her life. Over the last few years she’s lost her husband to cancer, her eldest son in a car accident, and suffered the devastation left behind by Hurricane Harvey. Winderful was not home when the hurricane struck her...
by WPSecurityLock | Oct 23, 2017 | Medical Care
PERU – Like many of us, Nadia had gotten caught in the daily grind of work and family and forgotten to dream bigger dreams. Each morning she would rise at 4am to sell fish, caught by her husband, at the local market. Throughout the day she prepared meals for her...
by David Goldfinch | Aug 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Harvey continues to dump rain on Southeastern Texas as beleaguered and besieged residents desperately seek potable water, food, baby formula and shelter. Operation Blessing is on the ground in Rockport, Texas assisting residents in a variety of ways as they wait for...
by Operation Blessing | Jun 23, 2017 | Child Development
GUATEMALA – Miriam and Carlos had a good life together with their four children, Byron (15), Cristian (13), Abraham (5) and María (2). Carlos worked as an accountant, keeping the books for many local businesses in his town of San Andrés Semetabaj, Guatemala. A...
by Operation Blessing | Apr 14, 2017 | Clean Water, Disaster Response
GHANA – Lake Volta is one of the world’s largest reservoirs and an essential cornerstone of Ghana’s economy. The huge lake was created when the Akasombo Dam was constructed south of where the White Volta River and Black Volta River converged to form the single Volta...
by WPSecurityLock | Jan 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
ISRAEL – Like many Jewish Holocaust survivors, Maya made it through one of the darkest periods in human history, only to find herself again facing struggle. Maya was still a small child when World War II erupted. At the start of the war, her father, who had struggled...
by David Goldfinch | Nov 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
The following is a first-person report form Operation Blessing staff member “D” from a refugee camp in Iraq. IRAQ — The heat hits your body the moment you walk outside. It is so hot it sucks the life out of you. My eyes stare in shock at the shimmering...
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