On March 21, 2020 in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Operation Care International (OCI) went

to their warehouse in Oak Cliff, Texas and loaded up on many things that were in short supply on the

shelves in grocery stores. Hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes, gloves, masks, and bottled water were given

to our friends at the Union Gospel Mission (UGM) and another ministry in south Dallas.

Seeing early on the great need of the homeless, we went back to the warehouse on April 11th and gave

out more supplies to four shelters. As the need continued to be great and the shelters needed more, it

was apparent we needed to bridge the gap and become a kingdom-minded fulfillment center. This is why

we are launching the OCI Joseph Storehouse, with the goal of providing supplies monthly to more north

Texas Dallas shelters until this pandemic passes.

Susie Jennings, who is the founder of Operation Care International, compared this to the story of Joseph

having a surplus during the famine in Egypt. Susie said, "God blessed us with an abundance of items like

masks, gloves, hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes and bottled water. We also gave away personal care

products, socks, bibles, and lots of love! Being a nurse, I realized the Personal Protective Equipment

(PPE’s) are all going to the medical community. The hospitals and medical front liners desperately need

them but so do our homeless friends in the shelters. The Lord spoke to my heart to fill this gap and lead

the way by providing the much needed PPE’s to our friends at the shelters.”

"Union Gospel Mission thanks OCI for supplying the much needed PPE like masks, gloves, hand sanitizers

and wipes. It aids in keeping our homeless free from the virus." said UGM President Bruce Butler.

ONEDAY2020 Director Mike Tirone said, "We saw the need and met it in March. When we gave away the

supplies, God started to replenish them. I knew we had to keep giving them away because our shelters

needed them. I love how our volunteers have jumped in to help as well."

It's been contagious generosity! First, one of our volunteers is Gabriella, a widow who wanted to help, so

she made masks that we gave to the homeless and to the shelters. Gabriella is helping save lives! Susie

added "Our community heard about this vision and joined us. We are a small army of volunteers helping

to make this Joseph Storehouse a success. Recently, the international community who live in Dallas from

India, Brazil, Hong Kong, Peru, and Malaysia are involved as well. Together our community is stronger."

"Our next outreach is Friday, May 22,” Susie reported. “We didn't have this in our annual budget, and we

are doing it all by faith. This month the Lord tripled the number of shelters that we are supporting. Your

financial support is vitally important to help keep the shelters free of the virus and save lives. It will cost

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Here is the need for May 22 alone:

10,000 masks

10,000 hand sanitizers

10,000 disinfecting wipes

10,000 gloves

10 pallets of water (16,000 bottles)

Please prayerfully consider giving to this

critical outreach that is saving lives! Each

PPE kit includes disinfecting wipes, hand

sanitizers, masks, gloves and bottled wa-

ter.

$100 buys 20 kits

$250 buys 50 kits

$500 buys 100 kits

$1,000 buys 200 kits

Remember Proverbs 19:17 says “whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord.”