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BUSH BEAT: January to March, 2006VISION 2006 TO LAUNCH OPERATION RESCUE With just 2 hours before my departure from Mozambique on Dec. 13, I met with the State's Program Director of Social Services. We revealed our 2006 plan which included rescuing 500 orphans in very remote areas north and west of our current mission in Balama. Social Services know that O. U. is a small organization, but asked if we would consider helping some orphans in a very desperate situation. Eric Dry, my Associate Director, & I listened as he explained the horrible plight of an additional 2,000+ orphans in Meloco District (county) 100 miles north of our Balama base. The problems: --Dirty water has provoked rampant dysentery (diarrhea), killing many children and mothers and resulting in large numbers of orphans. --Elephants are coming out of the huge Niassa game reserve to eat and destroy any crops grown by the remaining mothers, provoking severe malnutrition. --Social Services' exhausted their limited funds to help these kids, and no large aid organization is willing to help as caring for orphans is a long-term project. It is truly an unreached area. A quick calculation showed it would take a MINIMUM of $330,000 to launch a rescue! That, my friends, is much more than our entire yearly budget, but we serve a BIG GOD, so Eric and I told the Lord: WE ARE WILLING TO GO, LORD, so if YOU want us to do this, please provide a large diesel truck for hauling the 400 TONS of corn and beans it would take to feed them for a year. As Eric took me to the airport, a quick stop at Toyota revealed that a 4-ton diesel sells for $40,000. We decided to tell NO ONE of our need, so we would truly know that it was God if the truck was provided. I left for the USA, not knowing that my next Jesus Adventure was on the horizon. JESUS BLESSES THE LITTLE CHILDREN My secretary, Karen, calls me on Christmas Eve. Sit down Brenda. We have just received a $20,000 check from a retired couple in Georgia! To be used for most urgent need. Receiving a check of this size was a FIRST for our ministry. I’m stunned, and hope blossoms. On Jan. 1, 2006 I was at a family reunion when I am handed a contribution for $5,000 to be used for our most urgent need. On Jan. 3rd, a check for $15,000 was received from an Ohio couple to be used as needed... TOTAL: $40,000! The price of a 4 ton truck! We had no doubts that this was God’s answer. Orphans Unlimited is to reach a 100 miles deeper into the bush, & open a program to save over 2,500 children. Note: In March, another missionary led us to a dealer who blessed us with a brand new 6-TON diesel which included a small crane on the back for just $4,000 more! (This amount had just been received in an offering by our New Braunfels, TX church.) The truck is being licensed and will be delivered FREE of charge by a Mozambican transport company in early April. WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS AWESOME PROVISION OF MORE THAN WHAT WE ASKED FOR! SAN ANTONIO BANQUET LAUNCHES OPERATION RESCUE Radhika (Rad) Mittapalli has worked with us in Mozambique for the last 3 years. Her experience and skills are amazing and include the organization of banquet fund raisers. She agreed to leave Moz. in December to help me with this monumental task, as we would need to raise food money sufficient for buying 400 tons of food by JUNE. THE RESULT: We received funding commitments sufficient to begin work on Phase One of Operation Rescue—2006. We praise God for these gifts and trust that He will provide the substantial financial resources necessary to complete this work. OPERATION RESCUE 2006 To bring the LOVE OF JESUS to 2,500 kids in remote areas north of Balama. PRIORITY LIST: Phase 1 Emergency Needs: 1. Locate & purchase 400 tons of emergency food supplies of dried corn & beans. Cost: $98 per child.
2. Build 7 rat proof tin & concrete food storage barns (capacity 100 tons EACH) for weekly distributions. Cost: $2,000 each barn
3. Set up a feeding program in the most central villages of the bush where the kids are now living. Phase 2 Continuing Support: 1. Set up foster care for the kids who have no family.* 2. Provide a set of clothing and a blanket for each orphan. 3. Provide medical care and vitamins as needed for the sick children. *SPONSORSHIP includes: A HOME with a foster family or widow who loves kids Operation Rescue begins in June (harvest time) as that is the soonest we can buy bulk food for these kids. Phase 1 is to meet the urgent needs of these kids. It gives us TIME to arrange sponsors for Phase 2. Phase 2 is to give these kids a normal life and get them into school. IF YOU DESIRE TO HELP US RESCUE A CHILD, then please send your love gift to the Houston address at the end of this newsletter. RADHIKA MITTAPALLI HAS GIVEN A YEAR OF HER LIFE to help us get Operation Rescue off the ground. Andy Gonzalez is coming for most of this summer to help us buy and transport the massive food amounts to get the feeding program off and running. MULTIPLY YOUR GIVING BY GETTING OTHERS INVOLVED: Inform your Church, Christian School and Christian businessmen of this need. If you desire to inform others, then please write us for a presentation packet that can be used to get your friends and church members involved. This packet includes our DVD released in January 2006, child sponsorship brochures and a Master Plan. Call or write for your set today and MULTIPLY YOUR GIVING! Call Linda, our new volunteer public relations contact, at 979-234-2292 or e-mail her at linda@orphansunlimited.org She will also fill your orders for books and DVD's if you desire more in the future. TOGETHER WE CAN TRANSFORM LIVES! RESULTS: Blessing, Send LOVE GIFTS to: Or donate online now.
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