We began as I believe all days should begin; in the presence of the Lord. After a talk and prayer, we headed off; some of us on busses and some in cars. I had picked to go to the Food Pantry the Tuesday before, although I did not foresee any of the events that would happen there at that time. I had thought it’d be some gigantic warehouse with food stacked on shelves and we would have to move it out of there to an even more gigantic warehouse. This was not the case. There was much of this day that was absolutely wonderful. I, along with others, ended up making food for the poor of New Orleans. We put on our hairnets, aprons, and gloves and got to work. It was early in the morning while I was still in a haze, and quite hilariously I was not
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While there were no issues on the ride to the Food Pantry, there were some on the way back. People who were in the back began to throw various objects in the front, disrupting many people’s peaceful ride back to school; however, this is more or less expected from high schoolers. The place was real sobering in the fact that there are more starving people out there than you would imagine, and the food supplies are shorted than you’d imagine.
We realized that there was not enough food to supply the amount of people outside from the warehouse. Not only that, but the amount of food we made was astonishing and I did not realize that there were that many people out there too feed. And this is only one of the many food banks, which made me realize that there are even more people that may not get fed that day, not in some foreign country, but right here under our noses. There was not much ugly to speak of except many of the students working in the warehouse came to beg for food from us. Many people ate a homeless man’s food that day and I was not pleased with it.
In the following scripture verse, Jesus said that he who feeds the needy, feeds Christ himself. This is exactly what my fellow workers and I did, and this needs to be accomplished by us more than a mere four hours once a year.
Matthew 25:34-40
While there were no issues on the ride to the Food Pantry, there were some on the way back. People who were in the back began to throw various objects in the front, disrupting many people’s peaceful ride back to school; however, this is more or less expected from high schoolers. The place was real sobering in the fact that there are more starving people out there than you would imagine, and the food supplies are shorted than you’d imagine.
We realized that there was not enough food to supply the amount of people outside from the warehouse. Not only that, but the amount of food we made was astonishing and I did not realize that there were that many people out there too feed. And this is only one of the many food banks, which made me realize that there are even more people that may not get fed that day, not in some foreign country, but right here under our noses. There was not much ugly to speak of except many of the students working in the warehouse came to beg for food from us. Many people ate a homeless man’s food that day and I was not pleased with it.
In the following scripture verse, Jesus said that he who feeds the needy, feeds Christ himself. This is exactly what my fellow workers and I did, and this needs to be accomplished by us more than a mere four hours once a year.
Matthew 25:34-40