Sunshine in the Rain

Tonight’s food sharing was a magical night. It has been the first time since we started in March of 2007 that we had pouring rain at our food sharing time. Even though it was pouring outside, we had a ton of AMAZING volunteers come out. As we quickly carried the food and all supplies over to the post office from our meeting point, we were surprised by the number of people that have still shown up! Everyone ate a ton of food while we were all drenched from head to toe. It was really inspiring to see all of our volunteers work so hard to make sure every single person had enough to eat, and not worrying about how much it poured on them. The focus was to help serve those in need no matter what. That was truly magical! Everyone being served with a great hot meal cooked up by my momma was so appreciative that we still came out in this rain. It was the biggest smile I had seen on all their faces in quite some time. Everyone had so much joy on their face that it did not matter how much rain fell down on us, and how dark the sky was, the sun was still shining on all of us.

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers that dedicate the valuable time of their life to help serve those in need. Everyone involved could be doing so many other something else. It is great that to see that everyone leaves their selfishness behind for an hour each week, and dedicates their time to serve others. Tonight all the volunteers were truly doing what God is doing. That is being with those who are less fortunate, hungry, and homeless. Imagine this, even though we got all drenched from head to toe, at the end of the night we got to go home, shower up, and put on some fresh clothes. The ones we served tonight do not have that privilege. They did not have a nice home to go to, or fresh clothes to put on. Volunteers, thank you again for everything you do, and for being the difference we want to see in the world!