Over the past months, Moldova has been hit with the worst flooding in over 200 years. This small country has been through so much... Last year was the driest in more than 100 years, causing many farmers to lose their crops. This year, their crops are underwater. The cost of food is rising and with 80 percent of the population living on less than the equivalent of 7 to 10 dollars a month, many desperately need food to survive.
* 11,800 homes have been flooded.
* 520 homes were completely destroyed.
* 7,852 Moldovans have no shelter at all.
* 3,000 of Moldova's 4,500 wells are contaminated.
* Water in two thirds of the country is unsafe to drink.
While our mission at Sweet Sleep is to share God's love by providing beds for the world's orphaned and abandoned children, we also believe in engaging orphans in ministry in the communities and villages we serve. On our bed building trips, we like to take the children off their orphanage campus to visit and bring food to the elderly, bring food to members of the deaf community and during our recent trip to Ialoveni, Moldova, through our partnership Baptist Union of Moldova, Sweet Sleep volunteers delivered food, Bibles, clothing and other relief supplies to the flood victims.
We appreciate your thoughts and prayers for the Moldovan people in this difficult time.
