Every year in June Brother Gentry purchases a one-year supply of corn and dry food staples. Buying in bulk is much more cost efficient. The prices continue to go up throughout the year and depending on the weather and availability of corn (supply and demand). When we buy the whole year supply at the beginning of the season we are able to get the best price and don't have to worry about the cost rising throughout the year because our supply will last a whole year. Unfortunately due to reduced financial support, bad weather, poor crops, reduced value of the dollar, high fuel cost and dramatically increased prices in food, we were unable to make the year supply of food purchase. We are buying "little by little". The children are now eating what we can afford, which is just not the same as what they need.
Corn: We use fifteen 50KG bags of corn a week at Good Samaritan. Each bag is approximately $25. Currently we have 35 bags in storage. This is only a two week supply.
Rice: We are now using one bag of rice a week instead of two. One 50kg bag of rice is approximately $35. (After July there will be no rice in storage)
Milk: Our milk is now heavily diluted with water. The children were getting one cup of a milk every Sunday. Now they are getting milk three Sundays out of the month.
Vegetables and Beans: are being served only on Wednesdays now.
Eggs: We used to be able to purchase 30 trays (400 eggs) for 485K ($4) , now the price is 770K ($6).
Bread and Beef: We are no longer able to serve bread and beef to the children. We have to use all of our financial resources designated for food, on the above mentioned basic staples.
Please pray!
1 comment:
What happened with the bakery house? Were they not able to buy enough ingredients to make bread to sell for income? How much is needed to do that, if that is the case?
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