Recalling the Miracles of 2019 and Looking Ahead with 2020 Vision
This is long, because there is so much to
share! I hope you will read until the end, for the best is yet to come.
As 2019 draws to a close, I am reminded of all the
blessings brought forth throughout this past year. Though 2018 ended in sorrow
for me personally, with the sudden and unexpected death of my dad, 2019 began
with joy and confirmation of the direction of Real Bread Outreach. And as I
reflect back over the year, I stand in awe of all that God has done.
When God first called us to go to Haiti, the vision of a
bakery was expressed. The goal to ...
Build a Bakery in Haiti – Thanks to You – The Vision is Becoming a Reality!
Build a Bakery in Haiti – Thanks to You – The Vision is Becoming a Reality!
Thanks to you the building of the bakery in Gonaives Haiti has begun. With your help, we raised enough funds to begin construction. The container filled with wheat and bakery equipment is on the water and should be out of customs this week in time for our arrival. We will need $10,000 more to complete the project but we believe “change is coming” (see below).
August 2019 – Haiti Trip
Brad and I will be traveling to Haiti on August 18-26th, to check on the progress. I will be ...
Spread the Bread – Haiti Update
With sincere intentions I thought that I would be diligent to regularly update our website. But here I am three years later finally adding a post. But as you will read from the update below, we have been very busy.
It has been 3 years now since God called us to Haiti. In March of 2016 we made our first trip. Though it seems like such a short time ago, in some ways it is hard to remember a time when a love for the people of Haiti was not a part of my life. The call to “cast our bread on many waters” has truly been a light unto our feet.
Several weeks ago, I ...
Ezekiel Bread Recipe
This is a very sweet, moist, cake-like bread. For a more traditional bread texture, I have used flour made from this combination of grains and beans in the Basic Bread Recipe from the The Beckers Recipe Collection Cookbook, replacing the 4 ½ cups of flour called for with about 5 ½ cups of flour from the Ezekiel mixture of grains in this recipe. You may also add fruits and nuts or use the flour made from this mixture in other favorite recipes. This healthy combination of grains and beans is worth experimenting with. Combining grains and beans makes a complete protein.
And if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday. - Isaiah 58:10
“Spreading the Bread” to Haiti: How it Began
On January 7, 2016, my Bible reading for the day included a verse from Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 11:1 says “Cast your bread on the surface of many waters, (be diligently active, make thoughtful decisions) for you will be richly rewarded.” I noted the verse in my prayer journal and asked the Lord to show me what “waters”?
Ministry Opportunity for Real Bread Outreach
In 2007, God put it on my heart to start a ministry to supply healthy, real food to families who truly could not afford to meet this need for themselves. Over the years, we have had sufficient support for the opportunities that arose. However, on Thursday, June 6, God brought a need to our awareness. An article in a local newspaper (that I seldom ever read) caught my eye. A local ministry in Cherokee County, GA was conducting a summer lunch program for kids that would otherwise go hungry.