04/28/2026
In my prayers this past week, I said "God, where is it going to come from?"
Food donations have been really down lately. Most of our money is spent on meat, cheese, milk, butter, eggs, and other Frozen or refrigerated items. I've been spending about $125 every week to maintain being able to serve the numbers we're serving. We are completely out of snacks right now.
God said, boom. Here you go.
Got a message from Soup Guy Eats Adam and Nina. They said they had some chicken pot pie and potato bar fixings and did we want them?
Absolutely!
Got to the church that night and found a note in the kitchen that said, could you use these items in the bottom of the refrigerator?
It was all that chicken and stuff from Giant.
Absolutely!
Alexa said her friends at wake and bake café had some sub rolls if we wanted them.
Absolutely!
We have a small handful of people each week who drop by with prepared dishes and we are so very grateful for every bit of time and effort that's put into making our lives easier!
You might not be able to serve 80 people, but you can help us serve 80 people.
Every bit of food donated helps.
Every pan of macaroni and cheese or lasagna or cookies helps.
Every grocery store bag filled with dry pasta, canned crushed pineapple or corn helps.
Every scheduled meeting to drop off meat or eggs or cream cheese or milk helps.
Every gift card to Sam's Club or Walmart or Karns or other grocery stores helps. It also helps that the outreach gets 5% off of purchases at Karns.
Every purchase from our Amazon wish list helps.
Every dollar donated goes to purchase something that benefits our differently sheltered friends. We don't get paid for this. We don't get government grants. People like you with big hearts have kept us afloat for 5 and 1/2 years now.
We served more people yesterday than we have since Christmas, I bet. I kept looking at the line, knowing it was moving, but feeling like it just kept getting longer! We got to see a couple people yesterday that we haven't seen for months. One guy we haven't seen since August of last year. Glad he found us. It's good, even for me as an introvert, to get together with our friends every Sunday and exchange food for hugs. ❤️
