As I have read the reports of conditions on the ground in Zimbabwe, I have been overwhelmed by the magnitude of the situation. To the point where I have found myself thinking “what’s the use?” What can I do to help with this huge disaster?

But I realized that we can do something! Doing “anything” helps us accomplish something. Doing nothing accomplishes exactly that – nothing!

We sent the e-mail and made the commitment to buy the food, nappies (diapers), and needed medical supplies. We received the following e-mail from Fatima (director of 3 orphanages) yesterday.

“May God whom you serve so faithfully bless you indeed. We had come to the end of our rope and you came through for the children. I have already secured the whole food order. What a miracle.”

The food for 180 orphans arrived on the day they had run completely out of all food! We did something! There is much more we can do if we will just do something.

We are asking you again to help us help these people in their time of extreme need.

All public hospitals are shut down because there is no water, soap, medicines (not even aspirin), or money to pay the doctors and nurses.

A friend who is a doctor took some food to a rural area last weekend. While there three young mothers came to him for help with their babies. The babies and the mothers were starving to death. To survive, the moms were drinking their own breast milk!

It doesn’t have to be this way!

We can do something! And, we are doing something to get food to the people. It is available for purchase, all we need is the money in the hands of our team on the ground. We need your help with whatever you can do. We don’t have problems in comparison to the problems these people are facing.

James 1:27 – “True, undefiled religion is to help the widows and orphans in their time of distress and not be corrupted by the world.” It goes on to say that faith without doing good deeds is not faith at all.

We are exercising our faith in God for these people by doing good deeds for them in their time of distress! Please help us to help them by doing something, a good deed!

Blessings,

Bruce & Camella

The picture below is of a two year old suffering from Kwashiorkor – an extreme condition caused by food deficiency – in this case a total lack of protein. The symptoms are swelling of extremities; lethargy; weakness; stunted growth.