Help comes in All SiZeS!

Allow me to introduce you to Keala (Kay.Ah.Luh). She and her mom, Kris volunteer every Monday morning. They help in bagging and preparing the breads, bagels, and whatever else God provides! They've got SKILLS!

These people have become like family to us. We love them all! Stay tuned for more pictures and introductions to some more of our faithful, hard workers =) .

We are so thankful for all these wonderful people God has given us to come along side and serve in this ministry of feeding God's people! Help comes in all sizes and packages. We love the diversity of the body here! All are a blessing to us and to the body. Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!

So Professional!

With some help from our friend, Suzie Bledsoe, we have an all new "Needs & Seeds" board! Suzie works in the signs department at IHOP. She created this sweet new professional look for our board!

This white board is here for anyone in our community to post....

Needs--when you are in need of something someone in our community might be able to supply.

Seeds--when you have something to sow to someone who may have just such a need.

All previous posts were wiped out with the renewing of the board, so if you still have something you posted in the past, please re-post it.

Thanx Suzie!!!

THANX!!!

We want to take this POST to thank our donors. Please frequent these stores when you shop & dine out! They are a HUGE blessing to us!

Lipari's SUN FRESH, Holmes Rd., KCMO
HY VEE, State Line Rd., Leawood, KS
PANERA BREAD, Town Center, Leawood & Country Club Plaza, KCMO
WHOLE FOODS, Overland Park, KS/Harvest Home Ministry

Sometimes you get FloWeRs!

Sometimes, its the litte extra blessings that count!  Sunfresh gave us all these flowers one day!  They were about to throw them all out & we saved them from the dumpster. They put smiles on the faces of every lady that came to the food bank that day!  Not one went away empty handed. My flowers actually lasted a whole week!  God loves to smile on us : )

The Incredible, Shrinking Garage!!!

Well, it seems our garage is getting smaller, or the Food Bank is GROWING! Skip and I looked at some old pictures from just a few months ago. We thought we had so much food. Now we look at the abundance and we're amazed!!! We add people to our list weekly, so we're growing in numbers. We're over 200 now, and that represents some singles, students, some small families and some very large families! So, an accurate count of 'mouths', would be more like 600, or possible even 800. It's hard to believe!

God is pouring out the provision as the need grows. This is Shelly in the photo above. She picks up produce for us from HyVee on State Line. She had the idea, the burden & she ran with it! She is a blessing to us all. We now have more food than ever! The abundance is amazing. And there are always left overs that are taken to the base or FSM for those who can't come during hours to pick up something. Our garage is seemingly shrinking with all we bring in these days. We've tried to re-arrange and make the best of the space. But its obvious, that one of these days, we will need a bigger place! Even tho it's crowded with overstock items, I'm still not giving up my half of the garage we keep the Honda in!!! I'm holding out : ) So, meanwhile, we spill out to the drive way with some things. It's food bank, Al Fresco!!!

GIFTS

We are so grateful for all of you! This little garage gathering has turned out to be such a joy to us. We never thought it would turn out to be such a great community building point. But we're so glad it has become just that. Of course, we should have known...fellowship always revolves around FOOD!!! We just love sharing testimonies, prayers, praises, revelations & needs with you all. We love being a part of your lives in this way...and love that you all are a part of ours. Thank you for partnering with us in praying in the food and other blessings God gives us all. It's so much fun for us to see what Father brings us each week!

We love how so many of you have taken 'ownership' in this ministry...bringing us goodies out of your garden, or your kitchen pantry, or whatever God has given you to share with our IHOP family that gathers here. It's so good to see the body caring for one another & sowing what you have.

GOT MEAT???

God is so amazing! The awesome, generous, TYSON Company filled our 'vats' to overflowing! They donated 5,000 lbs...that's TWO AND A HALF TONS OF MEAT to Manna4u!!! It was so much meat, we couldn't contain it all. They would have given us another pallet, but we couldn't fit any more in the truck or in our freezers! So, remember to bless the Tyson company when choosing your meats at the grocery store. They have been very, very good to us!

Just in time for this trip to pick up a box-truck full of meat, we received a generous donation that covered our gas expenses to make the pick up...and a freezer repair to keep the meat in deep-freeze. So, thank you for your donations of finances! God seems to bring in just what we need, when we need it!!!

We will give out all these goodies over the course of 2 to 3 months, as that is how frequently we hope to receive donations from Tyson. We'll replenish the freezers once a week...so be sure to check for some meat. Remember our limits, so everyone gets some. They are always posted on the freezers. GOT MEAT???