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MEXICO - For years, Raquel ran a food business to help her husband provide for their three children.

She said, “I have been selling corn esquites and fried plantains for about ten years now. Everyone here knows me.”

Then, in the middle of the night, a category five hurricane struck the city where they live in Mexico. According to seven-year-old Edwin, they were all terrified.

He said, “I heard the roof fly away and that scared me. There was water all around us.”

Raquel said, “They were crying when all of this happened. They said, ‘Mom, is this the end of the world?’ I said, ‘No, we are going to make it through this.’ Everything for my business was gone. The oven where I cook my pot, the water took everything.”

That's where she met the team from Operation Blessing. You gave Raquel food and clean water for her family. She invited us to see what was left of their house and business.

She said, “Right now, I have no business. We have nothing. But I will keep fighting for my children.”

That's when you helped again. You provided Raquel everything needed. A new pot, utensils, and raw materials to get her business up and running again.

Raquel was excited. “Tomorrow, I'm going to start selling corn. God willing, I will get up early, boil the corn and prepare the food to sell because my former customers were already asking, ‘When are you going to sell again?’ I thank you for what you have done.”

Edwin is also grateful. “Thank you for helping us. Now mom is able to work again.”





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Time Stamp

00:00:07 Raquel Ran a Food Business to Provide For Her 3 Children
00:00:22 A Category 5 Hurricane Struck Their Town
00:00:32 The Roof Was Torn Off Her House
00:00:47 Her Business and Kitchen Equipment Were Destroyed
00:01:00 Operation Blessing Provided Food and Water For Raquel’s Family
00:01:22 Operation Blessing Provided Equipment For Her To Restart Her Business







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