You Were the Answer to This Widow’s Prayer

Grandma Noi took in her grandkids after their parents abandoned them. 11-year-old, Om, said he’s learned a lot from his grandparents. “Grandpa taught me how to fish. Grandma takes care of me and my sister,” he said.   

Then Grandma Noi’s husband died and she struggled to provide for them. Thirty days out of the year she did farm work planting and harvesting rice. The rest of the time she caught small fish in the stream and gathered wild plants to sell. She earned $1.50 a day.

“Grandma works very hard. Sometimes, she cries because Grandpa is gone,” recalled Om. “We hug her and cry, too. We do our best to help at home.” 
Some days, Grandma couldn’t find any fish or wild vegetables to sell, so all they had to eat was a little rice. “Sometimes, Grandma told us to eat all the food. But then what would she eat?” said Om.  

“We asked Jesus to provide food for us,” added Grandma. “The next day, Orphan’s Promise came and brought us food packs. Thank God! I was so happy!”

Then to help Grandma earn some extra income, CBN’s Orphan’s Promise gave her what she needed to start a mushroom farm, including 1600 pods and a bicycle and cart to carry her produce to the market. “Before, I had to walk to and from the market and carry everything myself,” she told CBN. “Now, I can put all the mushrooms in the cart. Sometimes, people buy them on my way to the market. By the time I get there, everything is sold out! It’s amazing!

Today, Grandma’s mushroom farm is doing well and she says the children no longer go hungry. “We are not starving anymore. It’s like we got a new life! I give thanks to God and to Orphan’s Promise,” she said.

“Now, my family has good food and a good life!” added Om. “God bless you for helping us!”