Groceries for Families: Week 4 - Day 6
April 18, 2020
Well, the sunshine ended today. It started as overcast but turned to rain at about 9:30 am. Fortunately, it let up by 10:30 am. We tried to avoid setting up the canopies, especially over the market, but had to give in at 10:00 am when the rain came harder.
Enjoy the time-lapse from 8:30 am-12:00 pm.
Evangelical Chinese Church Grocery Delivery
Groceries today were provided by Evangelical Chinese and Bellevue Presbyterian churches. A total of 90 orders were delivered and most were taken home by families. We had a few no-shows, which likely had to do with the rain. We’ll see if they come Monday to claim them.
More personal hygiene and bulk food donations came in today. We are looking good for Monday. Thank you!
A constant need is the larger size of diapers, #6, #5 and #4. Even the diapers delivered this morning of these sizes all went out to families today.
An email from a family to share:
Hola soy mariana solo para agradeserles por tan lindo hesto a sia mi familia 👪 Que dios les bendiga a cada uno de ustedes pir que mi espiso se quedo sin trabajo somos 4 y tenemos 1 niño con discapacidad no saben como nos ayuda lo que nos dan dígales a las personas que lo dan se los agradesemos de corazón y que sean bendicidos grande mente. Mi familia y yo les damos las gracias infinitas y también gracias a todos los voluntarios bendiciones 😘
Hi, I'm Mariana, just to thank you for such a nice gesture to my family … 👪 May God bless each one of you because my husband does not have a job, we are 4 and we have 1 disabled child, they do not know how what they give us helps us, tell the people who give it, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts and be blessed greatly. My family and I give you infinite thanks and also thanks to all the volunteers. Blessings. 😘
An email from a participating church to share:
Thank you for the update, and thank you and your staff for working tirelessly, faithfully and with so much joy, every day! It is such a blessing for our church to be part of this ministry together with Jubilee Reach and so many other churches! In God's love, Silvia
Today marks day 24, the last day of the fourth week of this program.
Here are some updated stats for you:
Program Days: 24
Families currently in the program: 330+
People in these families: 1485 (approximate)
Grocery orders delivered: 1750
Churches & Organizations engaged: 21
Different shoppers participating: 550 (approximate)
It would have been impossible to imagine this program as it is now - when the idea was conceived in early March. It has taken all of us together to grow it from a seed to the blessing it is to so many in the community, including ourselves. Thank you for your participation and joy-filled giving.
Read previous blog posts from families about the difference it is making in so many lives.
Monday starts week 5. Tomorrow is a day of rest.
Rest well, dear friends,
Ken Carpenter
Service Coordinator, Jubilee REACH
