God's Bread Box

Proverbs 22:9
A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

 This past Saturday, God's Bread Box completed its first food distribution in Lemoore, California.

God's Bread Box is an IRS approved non-profit organization dedicated to helping provide food for the poor.  The decision to follow God's command and to feed the poor began  over a year ago by a group of women who were attending a Bible Study each week.  The research, planning, paperwork and formation as a non-profit community project took quite a while but the potential and evidence of need is obvious.  The big blue banner was hung from the top of the garage so that it would be visible from the street on the other side of the church parking lot. 



The physical work for Saturday began on Friday when some strong angelic volunteers drove to The Fresno Food Bank to bring the first load of purchased food.  The unloading and unpacking got underway with the help of a great many volunteers.   We made up the boxes and volunteers filled them and arranged them ready for pick up on Saturday.  As I recall, the only things missing from the boxes were the cold perishable items, chicken and cheese.   Those items were placed on top on Saturday morning just prior to pick up.  By the way, most of the lifting and packing was done by high school volunteers from Lemoore High School, including the cheer leaders, who have taken on this project for the year. 

Filled boxes without the frozen and cold stuff, including fresh fruit.

Praise God, we planned for about 135 families and The Lord provided boxes for almost 155 families!  There were many new families who registered on Saturday, but the greater number of over one hundred pre-registered two weeks before.  Just as I was telling the last two women who came to sign up that there were no more boxes left, someone came up and said, "Hey, here are two more!"  No one could explain exactly how those last two boxes appeared but I am pretty sure we all know that miracles still happen and the two women who took those last two boxes claimed they knew that they had been given special favor from above and that their angels had made sure the boxes reached them.  They left glassy eyed and I was joyfully misty as well! 

Some came to register for benefits, others lined up ready to pick up boxes.

I have many more photos I could have posted, but I decided not to post too many with the faces of the volunteers because we are all involved to serve the community and to serve Jesus.  It is not about us, it is about serving Him. 

So, I will take this opportunity to invite you to help provide food for this cause.  There are two agencies beside this one providing food to the needy in Lemoore.  Lemoore Christian Aid who are able to help a family only once every six months and LifeWay Church which distributes USDA commodities every month to the 250 plus families who financially qualify.  The mission of God's Bread Box is to supplement these agencies by raising money through food grants and corporate or private donations.  These donations will be used to buy quality foods from the Fresno Food Bank and/or Kings County Food Bank.  We are able to purchase food  at phenomenally low prices and then box and distribute it once a month.  So far we have raised approximately what we need for half of a year.  I invite you to send a small or large donation.  $12 will pay for one month distribution for one family, or $144 will provide a family distribution for one year.  All donations are tax deductible and you will receive a receipt for any amount.  God's Bread Box, 740 N. 19th Ave., Lemoore, CA  93245

Love and blessings, Jeannee

Proverbs 22:9

A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
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An introduction

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk

 in the light of your presence, O LORD.  Psalm 89:15

There are several verses in Holy Scripture that speak to walking in the light of The Lord.  That is how I see myself, how I strive to live my life, by walking in front of the Lord as He illuminates my path before me.  I am an ordinary person, a humble woman who He selected to walk apart as his servant and handmaiden.  I relish the fact that he did choose me before the creation of the world to live the path he chose for me in this wonderful time and season.  He blessed me with a loving family, children and now grandchildren.  He also blessed me with so many friends and relatives, all dear and loved and yet if I should feel lonely, He is there as my most important significant other to love and calm and fulfill me.  Although living in this world is not easy and for the faint at heart, He alone gives me the strength, courage and means by which to serve him.  On occasion I may wander a little to left or right of the light, but it doesn't take long for me to feel his gentle tug or push into the narrow path of his loving and warm light ahead.  He is a gentle, loving and joyful Master who has an amazing sense of humor and who provides me with JOY for life.  I don't deserve it one bit, but by His Grace, he has given me the very best.

The reason I have decided to write this blog is to share some of the blessings, thoughts, meditations and memories from my walk in His Light.  I have often wanted to share memories when I find or see photos of loved ones or events from our life as a family.  Sometimes I read or receive words I would like to share with friends and anyone who is interested in reading them.  I simply ask you to overlook my grammatical and writing errors for even though I do have an education, I like to talk and share faster than write and I often overlook errors. 

My plan is to write from things happening in my life in it's various circles.  Check in from time to time and you will see what I mean.  You will be hearing about some memories about a few family members whose photos I recently found, about my sister's amazing gift for cooking, maybe even my daughter's similar gift.  About the food distribution project my church has initiated, special events, healings, conferences, and lots of church related things going on in my world.  I have a few hobbies I will probably share and perhaps a book review or movie review or two.  You will hear about my grandbaby and the new one soon to make her appearance.  Well, who knows, but I trust that you will be able to receive a blessing and perhaps a few laughs from my blog and that you will send me comments and ideas. 

I look forward to sharing with you.   Jeannee