Monday and Tuesday we blessed not only the workers that came in and out of the local Home Depot but many families that came up tired and hungry. On Monday it only took about one and a half hours to hand out about 300 meals, before we knew it everything we prepared was gone. It was very difficult to have to turn some people away. We even handed over our own lunches in order to feed just a few more.
Today with some weather difficulties, we went out with enough food for over 400 meals. The forecast said that we should expect some rain so we got the grill started early in order to get it prepared before the rain. As you can see in the pictures the guys were dedicated to the task at hand. Once the meat was cooked we set out to the Home Depot lot once again. As we drove there we watched the sky turn from rain clouds to some breaks and appearances of blue sky. We set up and started to let people know we were ready to serve them. The rain must have been much heavier in this area by the conditions of the lot. Not only the wet areas but the lack of traffic. People were more than likely in their homes attending to their needs. It did take about four hours to hand out all the meals but indeed we fed the hungry once again.
There were many wherry people. A retired couple came to the store just to get a tape measure were blessed with food and conversation. They said that all that was left of their home was 5 pylons. A man that road up on his bicycle and couldn't believe there was food to eat, he hadn't eaten in two days. The construction workers who were so dirty that they just wanted to have some napkins to clean their hands before taking a meal.
It was great working with Scott and Simon from Boise, Idaho and Chris from San Francisco, CA. The team was small but the outreach from their hearts was huge.
Each day we are all blessed with something whether we are aware of it or not. Today I was blessed with the memories of faces of strength and hopelessness. The great thing is that those who portrayed hopelessness, as the walked up to the food line gained strength with a mere blessing of a meal and a friendly smile.
God moved in a great way today... I praise Him above all!
FYI: Over the 8 days of handing out water and/or food we= gave out more than 2300 meals and over 6000 single bottles of water
Tomorrow we will be going out to gut out a house.... another way to give a blessing!
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