Blessings Video Podcast

Here is the 3rd video. Extreme Blessing Atlanta. Standing next to her mom, dad and 3-day-old baby sister, Aalon waited patiently as a set of Operation Blessing construction trailers rolled away, revealing a completely restored house and more than 160 cheering volunteers welcoming her and her family back home.

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Mike & Samantha have been long-time volunteers at The Outreach Center, but now the couple is facing financial difficulties and looking to the Center for the very same help they’ve been giving to others. To learn more, visit : www.operationblessing.org

OBI teams work tirelessly to reach thousands of victims with emergency aid after Tropical Storm Agatha swept across Central America, causing widespread flooding, mudlsides, and more.

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Operation Blessing and Partners In Health opened Zanmi Beni Children’s Home because of a dire need in Haiti to care for handicapped children who had been forgotten and ignored.

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www.ob.org/haitiprojects

Operation Blessing and Partners In Health opened Zanmi Beni Children’s Home because of a dire need in Haiti to care for handicapped children who had been forgotten and ignored.

To learn more about Operation Blessing's efforts in Haiti,visit:

www.ob.org/haitiprojects

Elena is one of 250,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel today. These survivors are no longer able to make a living, and nearly half of them live in poverty. To help meet their needs Operation Blessing Israel is assisting survivors like Elena with food, medical care and home visits.

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In June of 1942 Sarah and her family were rounded up by Nazi soldiers and sent into a Jewish ghetto in the Ukraine. Almost 70 years later, Sarah still carries the scars of the Holocaust and, like many survivors in Israel, she lives below the poverty line. So Operation Blessing Israel is reaching out to help..

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Amid the heartbreak and dire conditions in Haiti, unemployment has become a serious problem. So Operation Blessing is working to offer a solution that will meet the needs of some desperate Haitians.

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www.ob.org/haitiprojects

OWDER SPRINGS, Ga. - When Fannie’s neighborhood flooded last fall, she had to walk away from her house—a place that was home to not only herself, but her daughter and granddaughter as well.

With no flood insurance, the retired grandmother had little means to pay for repairs.

So when the floodwaters receded, she did what she little she could, spending every day back at her house—raking the lawn or simply sitting alone in her car.

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“I don’t have anywhere else to go,” she said. “I just want to be home.”

Fortunately, Fannie was in for a unexpected surprise when she was one of four families chosen to be part of an Extreme Blessing home makeover project by Operation Blessing.

More than 160 volunteers—including Master’s Commission students from Rockford, Ill., and Atlanta, along with some Home Depot associates—spent 5 days completely restoring 4 homes.

“The house [Fannie’s] itself had a character of its own,” said Jordan, a volunteer with Master’s Commission. “It was a pink house that stuck out in a street of houses colored brown and gray.”

But the inside was a different picture altogether; the walls were moldy and much of her furniture and possessions had been destroyed.

“The homeowners were asked to stay away from their home for the week and told that we would just be putting up a little drywall,” said Jody Herrington, OBI’s U.S. director of disaster relief.

“When they came home, however, the house was completed with new carpet, vinyl floors, painted walls, furniture and special touches from the hearts of our team and volunteers.”

The dramatic unveiling was an emotional one for both Fannie and the volunteers who had worked long hours to restore her house.

“I was once again reminded what a blessing it is to bless people,” Jordan said.

In addition to the makeovers, OBI teams helped nearly 98 percent of the families in the Five Oaks community over the course of several weeks, gutting and sanitizing their homes.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

You can help by making an online donation toward OBI's disaster relief efforts. With your support, we can continue to provide emergency relief and recovery. Please make an on-line donation today.

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Every day Operation Blessing is helping to reach orphans and children made vulnerable by war, disease, poverty, and trafficking. This Easter, we’re asking you to help us give them a basketful of blessings.

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www.ob.org/easter