Wednesday morning we spent a few hours at the Regional Food Bank. We packed boxes (and boxes, and boxes) of food to ship out to various agencies. The Food Bank ships these boxes out to agencies like shelters and pantries, who purchase the boxes to stock their businesses. Some of us sorted the food, some of us boxed the food, and some of us moved the finished boxes onto pallets to move into storage. In the end, we completed a total of 760 boxes at 20 lbs each. The total weight we moved was 15, 200 lbs! That much food will help create 11,692 meals! We were pleased to hear these numbers and the staff was grateful for our service.
Wednesday afternoon we wound our way down to Washington, OK. The First Baptist Church there was heading up tornado relief efforts in the area. We split up in two groups, loaded up large ice chests of Gatorade, and drove around looking for people working on their land to clear the debris. We probably passed out 50+ bottles of Gatorade. One group that we encountered told us that they had just been looking for some water, then we showed up. They knew God had heard their need and sent us to them. We found another family who was very much in despair. There was nothing left of their house at all. They were so grateful for what we were doing. When we told them we were from the city and that we were working with a church they knew, they were blown away. The devastation was unreal and humbling. We were honored to be able to help in some way.
I want to thank everyone for working with a willing heart to serve our community. We are blessed to have the jobs we have, that provide for us and our families. The least we can do is help others in need.
