The Knights of the Orthdox Order of St. John Russian Grand Priory carries on a nearly 1000 year tradition of service to Humanity. Its traditions extend back to 1048 with the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem which started the first hospitals during the crusades to take care of the sick and injured regardless of race, creed or ability to pay.
KOOSJ helped in acquiring laundry machine units for the livelihood of mothers. We have also been helping in the production of laundry and soap products for them in the past months. This will help them to be self sustaining in the long run. Let us pray for the success of this income-generating project.
Bethsaida was still undergoing through construction and could hardly manage to cater for their meals since all the funds were directed towards construction.
Estel was aslo going through similar challenges. They were grateful for the Porridge flour and other dry foodstuff.
During our visit in Baguio city, we were able to get our missionaries a new headquarter that is of practical cost, it was a blessing! We acquired some initial basic stuff for the mission house and also food packs for the kids in our ministry in the Lower Rock Quarry. We are hoping to make the impact for a long term in this part of the Philippines.
We went back to Blessings Children's Home in Machakos County, they were short of Foodstuff after an increment in the number of Children in the Home.
We were given the privilege to serve a group of young people in Mindanao in Saba Tribe. Most of these kids eat once a day and their families are very poor. Living in the mountains especially in this southern part of the Philippines is really hard.
This was the first visit to Kampala, Uganda. Though there were many challenges experienced as it is norm in foreign countries, we managed to donate braille pads and cereals for Salama School of Blind.
