- [Narrator] Merna lives with her family

on a farm in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Last year, near-hurricane winds and rain

from the Gulf of Mexico caused her land

and home to flood.

- [Interpreter] My kidscould not stop crying.

They said what is going to happen to us?

Are we going to die?

I didn't know what to do

so I asked God for help.

- [Narrator] The floodwatersalso destroyed most

of their crops that they'd been growing.

They'd planned to usethose for food and income.

- [Interpreter] The rainhad washed away our crops.

All the corn we had planted was gone.

- [Narrator] Merna said they had no money

to buy new seeds and that the family

was now running out of food.

- [Interpreter] After a weekof eating only tortillas,

I knew my kids neededsomething else for food.

- [Narrator] WhenOperation Blessing learned

about the family,

we delivered a truckload filled with sacks

of food and seeds.

We gave several hundredpounds of food staples

and seeds to Merna

and 26 other families in her community.

- [Interpreter] Now that wehave seeds for our fields,

God willing, we'll harvest a lot of food.

Thanks to everyone that donated.

This has been a blessing

and it's been possible because of you.

(kids chuckling)