Upon our arrival, we were stunned and shocked to see the reality of 3rd or evenly possibly 4th world living.  People and orphans without homes, just seemingly sleeping where ever.  In the orphanage that we visited, there was one building reserved for the girls to sleep.  The mattresses which the older girls (2-3 per mattress) slept on were infested with bed bugs.  The younger girls slept on the on the concrete floor.

With your donations and support we were able to burn the infested mattress and purchase 5 triple bunked beds and 50 new mattresses for the children.

The children eat when their is food.  Most of their food supply is based on local agriculture and or donations from local people or overseas.  One thing that is important for Children of Jacob is help create a culture of self-sufficiency, a culture where the orphanages food supply is not dependent upon others, but could grow their own food.  Corn is the major food source in the area.  For the short term we were able to buy them enough corn to last for 3 month, and build a chicken coupe and chickens.  However for just $1600 annually, it is possible to rent last that yields 2 crops annually that would supply enough food to feed 250 children for 6 months.

My heart is drawn to the orphans, I believe that heart of God is Israel, but within that there is no doubt a special place for the orphans and the helpless.  God has great plans for this community, He has great plans for these children. We are blessed to a part of what God is doing in this community.

Ya’akov (James) 1:27 The religious observance that God the Father considers pure and faultless is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being contaminated by the world.

D’varim (Deu) 24:19 “When harvesting the grain in your field, if you forgot a sheaf of grain there, you are not to go back and get it; it will remain there for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow, so that Adonai your God will bless you in all the work you do. 

Yesha’yahu (Isa) 1: 17
Learn to do right; seek justice.
    Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
    plead the case of the widow.

Want to be involved, want to visit Kenya?  Like the Marines … we are looking for a few Good Men and Women to get involved in this unique ministry opportunity.  Pray about it and send us a message.

Ethiopia is one of the most exciting works that Children of Jacob International Ministries is involved with.  Did you know that Ethiopian Jewish people can trace their roots to the 325 CE.  They are well known and active during the  David and Soloman and have some of the deep Jewish heritage.  However these Ethiopian Jews are seldom though of as part of the Jewish people of Israel.

You will not find a more worthwhile cause that the Ethiopian Jewish People.  They are certainly God’s chosen people in need.  Whether it is food, shelter, clothing, education or hope …. these are a people in need.  That is what the Children of Jacob International Ministries is called to do. “Bless Any Jewish Person, Anywhere in the World, in Any Way Possible.”

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