by Souper | Jan 29, 2016 | Summer Staff
After ten days of absence, our Haiti Outreach team returned at two o’clock on Tuesday morning. Although it has been taking time for them to readjust to the time difference and such, they have enthusiastically shared their experiences during one on one conversations and gave a presentation during the Thursday night Love Feast. The room was filled with laughter at funny stories and as well as respectful and attentive silence during heartfelt moments.
By Friday morning, our volunteers packed approximately a million and a half servings of soup! We also sent off two trucks this week; one is headed to Moldova and from there the contents will be distributed to several additional European countries. The second truck is going to Cuba.
As always, we appreciate all your prayers, covering our work at Gleanings, abroad, and over the containers and their recipients. God bless you all!
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Stuck at the airport! Look at all that luggage.
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Eli trying to catch a chicken in Haiti.
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Wes and Jen taking care of David at the Mission of Grace baby house.
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Randy with his sponsor child,
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Cooking things up in the kitchen
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Prepping the salad bar!
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Working with the heat sealers.
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Rory showing home school kids from Tower Christian how to prep the bags.
by Souper | Jan 15, 2016 | Summer Staff
A home school group from Bakersfield came this week. Several of the students were young men of high school age; they were a huge help when it came to moving some heavy lifting that had to be done.
Two containers were sent out for Israel on Wednesday. The load was originally planned for departure before Christmas vacation, but due to several factors, the timing had to be changed. The containers are now in transit, carrying an abundance of soup and many boxes of quilts.
On Thursday morning, everyone gathered together at the end of chapel to pray for the team headed off to Haiti. The team from Gleanings consists of Fritz Meier, the Bruce family, Randy Erickson, Jesse Montgomery, Cierra Bellisomi, Dan and Marylou Barthold. They will be meeting several more team members from the LA area at the airport today and will be gone January 25th.
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Almost done with the quilt!
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Cleaning up the Subaru
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Randy at work!
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First container to Israel
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Cierra, Rod, and Abigail
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Praying for the container
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Moving furniture like a pro.
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Lettuce-drying technique
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Cleaning up the grapefruit!
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Playing with Stella
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Hello from the soup plant!
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We can see the mountains!
by Souper | Jan 12, 2016 | Prayer & Praise
Please pray for the following items as God would lead you.
Haiti Outreach – There is a team of 23 people who will be in Haiti from January 16-25. They will be assisting in expansion of a seniors’ home, setting up another solar system, ministry, and feeding the community.
Soup Product – We can always use product for our soup mix.
Water System – Resolution regarding our on-going water issues.
by Souper | Jan 8, 2016 | Summer Staff
The first full week of the year came with torrents of rain! It was a rain occurrence when you could step outside without a lot of downpour and stepping through major puddles. We are grateful for this rain; the California valley is in much need of it!
It’s amazing how a few weeks of vacation for the Christmas season can bring such a freshness to the daily grind. The much needed rest has put a new bounce in people’s steps.
We had a very special treat for our first Love Feast of the year; recently-wedded former Discipleship Training School student, Lety, shared her testimony with the group. Her dynamic personality kept everyone tuned in and intrigued!
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It’s Agnes!
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Salad-making
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Posing at the soup counter
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Packing up barrels
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Bros at their post
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Sealing up the barrel
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Steam-pressing fabric
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Getting the finishing touches done!
