Abandoned by her husband, Sutrisni worked hard to support her two children in Indonesia. When the pandemic shut the country down, work dried up. On a good day she might bring in $3. What could she do? Who could help when everyone was hurting? ...
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- [Narrator] Life was already hard
for 40-year-old Sue Triciny,
who was a single mom.
Her husband abandoned her a few years ago,
forcing her to raisetheir two children alone.
- I am heart broken
every time I think about how scared
and sad I was the day he left us.
- [Narrator] So Tricinydid everything she could
to provide for her children.
She sold food and evenworked as a day laborer
on a construction crew.
On a good day, she earned $3.
Then COVID-19 stoppedeverything in Indonesia
where she lives.
- Now, I can only doing a little laundry
and that's only when someone calls me,
but only a few people are calling.
I remember one day my children and I
had only had a fewbites of instant noodles
for the whole day.
It's so hard not havingany money to buy food.
- [Narrator] Operation blessinghas been putting together
and delivering thousandsof food packs filled
with rice, eggs and other groceries
to help families across Indonesiaduring the COVID crisis.
So Triciny and her kidswere one of those families.
- When I saw you, I couldnot stop thanking God.
I can't believe that Godanswered my prayers today
through you because wereally have nothing to eat.
Thank you so much for thisfood pack you brought to us.
