Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
My wife and I have been volunteering at the Purple Lemon thrift store and food bank, for about a five months now. It's a blessing to work in the Kingdom to bless others, especially in this particular time of need.
Below is the picture of the front of the building. It's located in Berwick, Louisiana. Thursday through Saturday is when the thrift store and Cafe are open. The food bank is open on Thursday mornings.
Volunteers unload the trucks and stack the produce on the tables. The produce is mixed together, so we need to sort it all out to organize it and to see what they have available that day.
The people in need, already lining up, come in at 0930 in the morning. We line them up inside, in the back of the thrift store, which is up front. We never know how many volunteers or food recipients will show up. This Thursday we had 75 families arrive for food! The cut-off is 80 families. Luckily we had a lot of volunteers show up as well!
Everyone got some meat, vegetables, fruit, chips, canned food, baby products. Most are appreciative, some are a bit standoffish. But we believe that the Lord is pleased.
The last lady had a family of nine. Some were her kids, some were her sisters kids, she had just received custody of them. Because she had a large family and that she was the last one, we loaded up her basket!
As we blessed her with an abundance of food and love she started crying! As she pushed her basket around the tables, we filled it up for her. She cried the whole way around! We'll love you till you cry!
William James Roop
