Holy Redeemer - Food Bank Day!

Today was the food bank day, the day we have worked for all week. We started by breaking up into different groups, one stayed at the church and loaded up all of the donated foods that were collected, one group went to the stores to buy items with donated money, and the third group went straight to the food bank site to prepare. Surprisingly there is a lot of work that goes into setting up a food bank such as sorting out all of the foods, setting up tables, dividing up jobs, and making sure everyone knows what they're doing and saying. Early afternoon we were ready to open up the food bank, it amazed us to see that the families would arrive several hours early and stand in line waiting for the food bank to open just to insure that they would be able to get food. The first several hours there were consistent people going through the lines with their boxes collecting food.  It was shocking to see the children that would go through the lines and only took what they needed versus what they wanted out of love for their family. The people were so grateful that we were there to help them, the people who volunteered were amazed about how gracious everyone was for the food bank. Everyday there is just more eye opening experiences that help enlightens us and show us how hard people work. You could truly see Jesus at the food bank radiating love out of everyone there. 

-Sesheta and Hannah