Paid In Full Workers Help KAH
Kids Against Hunger--Verde Valley was in dire need of help to pack up the remaining
bulk food product that they had, otherwise we would have had to throw
some of it awa, as it would not have withstood the summer heat sitting
in the warehouse over the summer. Director Karen Freeman put out a
last-minute cry for help, and the youth of Verde Valley Christian
Church and their leaders stepped up to the plate.
On June
6th, over 35 kids and their leaders, during what is called "Paid in
Full" week, donated their time and their efforts to pack 14,472 meals
for the starving kids in Haiti, along with the majority of the food going to
local food banks and hungry families here in Yavapai County. Thanks to
VVCC's Pastor of Student Ministries Matt Shires especially for allowing his
kids to serve the Lord by serving others less fortunate then themselves. The philosophy of Paid in Full is performing work projects in the community providing free labor as well as free materials to demonstrate Christ's example of paying our debt in full. These
kids had worked outside in the heat all week, and this packing day was
the last day of camp. Even though it was "toasty" in our building to say
the least, these high schoolers all had a great attitude and worked hard
for several hours packing over two pallets of food. Thank you
all, including those of you on the KAH team who were willing to step in
at the last minute to carry the load!
There was
still a need to finish up the rest of our bulk soy; and the younger
kids, also of VVCC, came to the rescue on June 10th. Doug Bridge, VVCC's Pastor of Family Ministries, brought his summer interns to serve as part
of their Young Timothy Interns program. He
had also put out the call to any kid over 8 years old from our Sunday
school to come help; and some of those kids showed up, along with more
KAH adult volunteers who willingly came to help us pack. Once again we
had 3 teams who altogether packed up every last scoop of soy -- to the
total of 37 boxes or over 8,000 meals for the hungry.
In less than a week, VVCC youth teams and KAH team members and volunteers therefore packed a total of over 22,472 meals
for the hungry. Not only will it bless all those who will receive
much-needed food; but it especially blessed Karen, who only had to ask and
everyone said yes, rearranged their schedules and came and met the need.
Thank you and bless you all for your hard work. May He bless you all
one hundredfold
