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Dominican Republic: Bringing Food and Salvation

August 17, 2016 by Feeding the Nations

Earlier this year, we sent 648,000 dried vegetable soup meals to our partners Tim and Trena Johnson in the Dominican Republic. They have distributed the meals to families, schools and rehab centers in poor communities and villages in the Dominican Republic. But more than just food, they are also sharing the Gospel as they feed the hungry. They have prayed with more than 1,000 people to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior during these food outreaches. As they wrote in a recent update, “It has been a great blessing to the people here.”

Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us to make outreaches like this possible. It’s not just about offering food. These missions make it possible to introduce people to the love of Christ and make an eternal impact on their lives.

If you’d like to help us continue to reach the Dominican Republic and other nations, donate today.

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Haiti: A New Partnership and Over 544,000 Meals

August 10, 2016 by Feeding the Nations

Throughout the month of July, we sent over 544,320 meals to our new partner Northern Friends of Haiti that feeds 3,000 children a day. This organization works in the upper mountain valley of south Bayonnais. The region lacks clean water sources and has no power or other services. An estimated 10,500 Haitians live in this 45-square-kilometer valley that is comprised of 17 villages and surrounded by mountain ranges on three sides. Vehicle access to the area requires driving four miles on rough dirt roads before descending into a riverbed and driving up another two miles. From that point, two hand-excavated (with picks and shovels) and maintained roads climb to the upper valley.

We are grateful for this new partnership as we are able to reach people who are living in a desperate situation. Since the beginning of 2015, this area of Haiti has been facing a persistent drought. The lack of rainfall left crops weathered and dead, depriving these subsistence farming communities of food needed for their survival. The farmers and families caught in this severe drought have no water to irrigate. In fact, they barely have enough water to drink. Their lack of defense against this sort of calamity has been further burdened by the fact that this region has not been declared a disaster area, so it receives no governmental or relief efforts to provide assistance. We thank everyone who has made it possible to reach this region with much-needed food.

If you’d like to help us continue to reach Haiti and other nations, donate today.

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Warehouse Update: A Ribbon-Cutting to Celebrate

July 7, 2016 by Feeding the Nations

We have had a vision to build a warehouse of our own at our ministry headquarters in South Bend. And that vision has become a reality.

The Lord placed on our hearts the need for this facility so that we could respond quickly and efficiently to people around the world and in our own nation during times of disaster and great need. Many have partnered with us to make this vision a reality. On Saturday, June 25, we celebrated the warehouse with a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting.

Around 125 people joined us, including Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and her husband, Dean Swihart. The event took place during Provident Ministries’ annual Summit, so speakers Jess and Paula Gibson; missionary Carl-Gustaf Severin from Word of Life in Sweden; and Israel Pochtar, director of Voice of Judah Ministries in Israel, were with us to share words of encouragement and prayer.

Representative Walorski presented Feeding The Nation’s (FTN) president, Steve Sumrall, with a plaque from the state of Indiana and offered congratulations for all the work FTN has done over the years to fight hunger.

Many people gave sacrificially to see this dream of the warehouse become a reality. Thank you to all who have given. While the doors are open and we anticipate the food to come, there is still more work to be done—including electrical and water/sewer hook-up—before the facility is 100 percent complete.

Prayerfully consider how you can help us complete the warehouse. There is still time for you to give to the warehouse project. This is about more than just a building. It’s about reaching people in their greatest time of need, responding to emergencies, feeding the hungry, sharing the Good News, and being His hands and feet in action.

We all have a part to play. Together we can make an incredible Kingdom impact. Because of your generosity, thousands of fathers, mothers and children will have hope for another tomorrow and the certainty of an eternity with Christ.

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May 16, 2016 by Feeding the Nations

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How You Can Give Hope This Easter

March 22, 2016 by Feeding the Nations

What a beautiful time of the year. The earth is throwing off the remnants of a harsh, cold, winter. Flower and grasses that seemed to be dead are springing back to life and beautiful colors of the rainbow come back.

Sadly, many children of the world have no hope whatsoever. They don’t remember much of the past, the present is only an existence and they have nothing in the future to look forward to.

Children from many nations are not valued. They are treated like animals, as simple beast of burden. Some are expected to work hard, long hours with little or no payment. Others are abandoned, left alone to fend for themselves with no hope for today or tomorrow.

But you and I can bring hope in the middle of sorrow and turmoil. Through teamwork, we can all work together to show the love of Christ to these children. With your generosity, we can mobilize meals and supplies. With God’s guidance, we can bring food to those who need it most, while partners on the ground provide safety, shelter, education and an understanding of the goodness of a great God.

Yes, it is a great time of the year. Beautiful spring has arrived and we have the opportunity to bring hope and beauty to the lives of children around the world.

Will you help us show the love of God to these little ones? We need your help. More importantly, the children need it.

Any amount will make a difference. Consider this:

$1.00 = 20 meals
$25.00 = 500 meals
$50.00 = 1,000 meals
$100.00 = 2,000 meals
$250.00 = 5,000 meals

How many meals can you give? How many children’s lives can be forever impacted because you have chosen to bring hope to the hopeless this Easter?

Please give generously.

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)

Your friend and brother,
Pastor Steve

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Haiti: A New Partnership and Over 544,000 Meals

Warehouse Update: A Ribbon-Cutting to Celebrate

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