Honestly, I don’t know how God keeps us afloat, and without sounding arrogant, I don’t know of anyone doing what we are. So, we have to follow George Muller’s model, with a little begging thrown in. We’re broke at the moment, and face a new month of support along with planting a new rice crop, but as I say that, we continue to train leaders, plant churches, rescue children, and develop the economy. I have to acknowledge that somehow, I believe we will survive.  

God was ticked! The Israelis’ had a bad reputation with Him.  He was tired of their religious ceremonies, fasting, prayers, sacrifices, and ceremonies. So, what did He want? “Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor;Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.” (Isaiah 1:17) Hey, That’s FCOP!  

  Do you have any idea what it’s like to care for 2500 orphans and widows each month with no guaranteed support? I can hear the gears grinding in our critics heads: “Well, brother, maybe you missed God?” Really? What about this? “Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” “Hmmm”, you think, “Ted, you’re in a grumpy mood this month!” No, I’m not grumpy, I’m grateful for what you, our partners, have done! Feed My Starving Children is a …  

I realize that I am not going to last forever on this earth. I do think God has a succession plan, I also believe I may have some faint idea of what that is, but the burden of believing God for $150,000.00 US per month to keep kids alive is too much to pass on to anyone who is not called and anointed to do it. The rice farm has to be developed to carry that financial load, and like a bridge, I can’t build it just half way. It is the giant step toward sustainability. If you know of …  

Norm Knudsen, Founder and CEO of Mercy Smiles International, and former director of Children of Promise, passed peacefully in his sleep on Saturday March 25th, 2017 at his home in Alma, Missouri, USA. He was an extraordinary man of empathy, kindness, and great “Father” love. In 1976 Norm was filled with the Holy Spirit and the world turned over. He left his dream executive job in tele-communications, packed up the family, and left his 13-acre hobby ranch in Minnesota. He and His wife Karen headquartered in Missouri and began a 40- year run of directly helping destitute children around the …  

  My Grandfather worked as a lumberjack in the state of Wisconsin, USA, during the early 1890’s in order to save money to start farming. He used to refer to, “Logjams” when things just started to get plugged up or bogged down. They were a mess! One log getting twisted and out of place could jam up a whole year’s worth of work. They would first try to get logs flowing with long handled pikes called a, “peavey”, but, often have to resort to dynamite to blow them open. I am convinced that the devil loves to create spiritual logjams, and …  

Fear can give way to a demonic stronghold that can only be broken-up by the overwhelming power of the Holy Spirit. Whole tribes of people are so bound by fear of the spirits that they worship, they remain bound in fear and poverty until a little miraculous Holy Spirit dynamite is touched off. Deliverance is a huge demonstration of God’s power. A Norwegian medical team, led by FCOP Board member, Erik Jensen, from Asialink ministered to 347 sick patients, from animistic tribes in the Northeast region Cambodia. Eighty three received the Lord and there were three people delivered of evil …  

Stuff just starts breaking down and going wrong, the closer we get to victory, the more intense the fighting becomes. Devils don’t die easy! I know that our rice farm is the key to FCOP’s long term ability to break out of dependency. We’ve had enemies, spiritual and physical, try every form of theft and deception to attempt to destroy the work there. But, when we pull this off, it will be the source of provision for decades of orphaned, separated and abandoned children, and continue to fuel the growth of the church in the region. This is one logjam …