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VitaNutFrom Texas to Tanzania the concept of malnutrition is the same. The difference lies, not in how it is defined, but by how many experience it.

However, with the help of American farmers and the innovation of a non-profit organization, the gap between Texas and Tanzania is about to get a whole lot smaller.

By definition, malnutrition is what occurs when a person is not getting some or all of the nutritional elements that are necessary for human health. Unfortunately however, malnutrition and its consequences are not confined to this finite definition.

Colton CarthelThe distress of Haiti is hopelessness.   (The emotion of the people seemed to be hopelessness. The situation is anything but hopeless if we unite together. -Colton)

Colton Carthel of Breedlove Foods heard of a kind of mom-and-pop mission to Haiti, and did what he could to help its originators on the ground in Haiti.

In the process, he witnessed the utter chaos of a nation without hope.

According to Carthel, Kerry and Joy Reeves sold everything — their successful optometry practice in North Carolina included — then named their ministry New Vision Ministries, and moved with six of their seven children to Haiti to minister to the people there.

The Communicator - Issue 2As you all know, Breedlove Foods equips other organizations with food and they, in turn distribute it to the hungry and impoverished. One of the organizations we equip is Legacy World Missions, a faith-based organization providing food to the homeless children of Uganda, Africa.

Let me briefly map out the full process so that you can see how your individual efforts help complete the big picture. Farmers and other manufacturers provide Breedlove with the ingredients we use to make our food. We then manufacture the food, ship it to Legacy World Missions, and they deliver it to the children’s homes in Uganda where the children will be fed.

Recently I received an email from one of the children’s homes, and I wanted to summarize its contents for all of you.Gessa Franklin, Chief Director, COMEDEV-International, said that her children “found Breedlove food very delicious.” She explains that the food is easy to digest and very simple to prepare. Most importantly her children’s health had excellent improvement; the children are continuously “gaining weight, and growing noticeably.” She also notes that there has been a reduction in illnesses.

The sixth annual Halloween Family Fun Fest at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center had obstacle courses, safety tips and enough candy to fill the bags of more than 6,000 people who attended.

Costumes ranging from Ironman to zombies adorned the masses of children as they shuffled in lines waiting to enter the center and fill their bags with candy.

haiti_reliefIt's been six months since a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti.

Still there are thousands of hungry children, wounded bodies and crumpled buildings.

Volunteers from Lubbock's Operation HOPE put only the tiniest Band-Aid on the nation's gaping wounds.

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