FOOD TO SHARE

Our country has had some disasters this year and there are lots of people who need things like food, blankets and medicine.  In Mexico there are people who live in extreme poverty all of the time. There are many who find it necessary to beg for their next meal. To them a pound of pinto beans can be a treasure and they will stand in line gladly to receive other staple food items for their families.

Way of the Cross warehouse.

Every winter we collect supplies of beans and rice to distribute in the poorest areas of Nuevo Progreso. There are several colonias (neighborhoods) where people live in very humble one room houses that have been built for them by missionaries.  There are other dwellings that are barely more than shacks with dirt floors. Some have no running water or indoor plumbing. Their only way to heat their homes is with open fires and the only way to cool them is to open a door or a window.

Yesterday we made our first monthly visit to the Way of the Cross warehouse in Harlingen, Texas where they give out food for distribution in Mexico and in Spanish colonias on this side of the border. We left the warehouse with our Jeep loaded with bottled water, baby food, corn meal, and dried fruit. Now the job will be to open and package these items for individual families. 

It's a heavy job lifting large cases of food and water.

They gave us five cases of Vita-Meal rice and lentil mix, which is a product from Feed the Children. The mix is fortified with vitamins and minerals designed to be as nutritious as possible. It’s a “stand alone” food item that will sustain children even if they have nothing else to eat.

Next month we’ll make the 25 mile trip to Harlingen, Texas again to replenish our food supplies. Food distribution is an important part of our ministry. It’s difficult to talk to people about the Lord when they are hungry.

“But don’t forget to help others and to share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that pleases God.”  Hebrews 13:16 CEV