Got up early this morning and after my morning routine, I spent some time in devotion. The house was so quiet. With 9 occupants, it doesn't take much to fill this home with a lot of domestic sounds.
I could have left earlier to pick up groceries, but it was so quiet in the house that I took my time. Made coffee, gathered up breakfast. It's cold and soggy outside, but the snow is melting and there are many signs that spring is on it's way here again. In the quiet of the house, I could hear cardinals singing their morning song.
I got to the drop-off location and waited in rows of cars for several hours. I brought my laptop with me because there is free wi-fi in the parking lot. I usually spend this time curating and doing blockchain stuff - but since my blockchain plate has been... shall we say... minimized, I decided to put this precious time to better use.
I listened to a teaching on the "Didache" which is an early Christian document summarizing the doctrines of Yeshua and concepts in the Torah. I was able to pull my word document up and follow along. The time went by very quickly.
The workers are always cheerful and I make sure to greet them with a smile and many thanks.
The items we pick up are whatever they have, we really don't have the luxury of being selective or picky. The biggest gift was a 5 lb bag of frozen chicken, enough for an entire meal for our family!
One of the more "odd" items was a 5 lb box of single-serving mayonnaise packets. 200 of them! That's a special blessing, since egg prices went up, so did the mayonnaise! Not having to spend an extra $7 at the grocery store (for a single jar of mayo) will help our grocery budget. Now we can skip the mayo for many grocery store trips!
Another interesting item are these frozen cheese-filled bread sticks.
We're trying them out for lunch today - our family will eat 2 dozens of these very quickly.
We are so grateful for this opportunity to receive (with much thanksgiving) this food, which was about to be discarded.
Forgotten Harvest is a food recovery program - any donated or overstock or food slated for disposal (before expiration date) is included. Restaurants, farmers, grocery stores, distribution centers, etc all contribute and it allows Forgotten Harvest to give these great resources out for free for anyone willing to pick them up.
We are very grateful for Forgotten Harvest to supplement our groceries!
Bless the Most High!
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