220 TONS NOW IN CORN BARN

IN EIGHT DAYS our 92 man team “did their thing”, even in an unex­pect­ed rain storm, giv­ing us all the corn need­ed to feed 2,500 orphans through December.

Each year, Cape­na, our office man­ag­er, orga­nizes the pur­chase of the corn from 31 vil­lage Co-ops that he helped set up in 2004 while work­ing with C.A.R.E Inter­na­tion­al.  The Co-op pro­gram “stuck” after C.A.R.E left the Bala­ma area, and our orphans have reaped the ben­e­fit ever since.

WE EXTEND OUR THANKS TO OUR CORN DONORS, for with­out them, our “JOSEPH PROGRAM” would not be able to help as many as it does.  (Named for Joseph in the OT, since he stored food away in the time of plen­ty, so that the hun­gry could be fed in the time of lack.)

I’ll let the pho­tos tell the “rest of the story”.

 AERIAL SHOT OF TRUCK UNLOADING at our barns.

CAPENA WEIGHING IN THE VILLAGES:  He weighed the major­i­ty of 220 tons in 8 days, 3 sacks at a time.

RAIN ON DAY 5 of corn­ing buy­ing, but our 3 emer­gency tarps saved the day, allow­ing work to con­tin­ue with our 7 ton truck as anchor.

 Barn almost full with life­sav­ing corn  for 2,500 orphans in 2 coun­ties (dis­tricts).

Have a blessed week!

Bush Bun­ny Bren­da Lange

Dave Deboer, Michigan

Andy and Ash­lee Gon­za­lez, Tennessee