23,794,669 Blessings!

     How would you like to be able to provide this many blessings around the world?   We have been able to do this at ETS through our vitamin ministry.   We are seeking a grant to help provide vitamins at low cost, and the foundation we have approached asked us to calculate the number of vitamins we have purchased and/or sent out over the last 5 years.   This includes

* 17, 772,839 children’s vitamins,

*  2, 782,950 prenatal vitamins,

*  3, 238,880 adult vitamins.

      Our cost for these tablets was over $400,000.   Some we were able to donate; others we have provided at cost.   When you realize that we are providing these at well below wholesale value, this means we have made available nearly a million dollars of product!

      The impact vitamins make in the majority world cannot be overstated.  When children grow up without proper nutrition, their bodies and minds never fully develop.  When pregnant mothers lack prenatal vitamins, they frequently have babies with birth defects (spinal bifida and cleft palate for example.)   How much better that we prevent these defects, rather than    correcting them after birth!

       Finding good sources for these vitamins remains a challenge surprisingly, there are not many pharmaceutical companies that will work with us to provide a product that meets our qualifications and at an affordable price.  Please pray for us, that we will continue to be able to find good  vitamins that we can make available to our missionary partners at a price that they can afford.

      Maybe you would like to help provide vitamins.   Consider a special donation earmarked for this project.   Or maybe you know of a foundation or source that could finance vitamin purchases.   If so, please contact us!

            The ETS Staff

           

  

     

Sew in Love....Good for the Heart

February is the month that most of us think about Valentines Day and what we can do to express our love to those that special in our lives.

ETS has been asked to help provide sewing machines for the countries of Haiti and Honduras. Northwest Haiti Christian Mission has been given money to set up a sewing center to teach women how to sew. A hand cranked or treadle machine can support an entire family.

We will be sending non-electric machines, mounted on treadle bases since Haiti does not have electricity. The best machines are older Singers, especially models 15, 66, 203, and 201. We can also use "electrified" machines, older Singers with an external motor that use a drive belt.

We can use the treadle bases we have and some antique treadle machines made by companies other than Singer. Please call us if you would like to donate a machine so we can make sure it is usable in another country before shipping it to us.

Another project that will "be good for the heart" is our vitamin project. ETS buys adult vitamins in bulk boxes for $9.25 per thousand. We have a large quantity of adult vitamins that are short dated. We would like to offer ministries a substantial discount or donate them so they could be used immediately.

Most countries require medications to have a shelf life of at least 6 months. These vitamins have a shelf life of 10 months. Your donation for vitamins can help supplement a poor diet and increase the health and productivity of someone you may never meet.

Let us than you in advance for your heart for ministry.

The ETS Staff