We are very thankful to the members of the Mars Hill University Baseball Team and their coaches for their help off-loading the food from MANNA and loading the boxes for our deliveries to Spring Creek and Spillcorn! We are so thankful for the sweet spirits and the hard work done by these young men; getting done in ten minutes what takes Bill and I over an hour! Super job guys!!! and Our most sincere thanks!
Meet Two of Our New Bonner Scholar Volunteers!
We are excited to introduce you to two of our Bonner Scholar Volunteers from Mars Hill University. Pictured above is Juanita Guzman, a Junior whose major is Business. She is from Avery County, NC. She is on the soccer team and is a leader in the Delta Zeta sorority. Juanita will be serving as our Volunteer Coordinator this year. We are excited to have her returning to volunteer with us!
Shay Sargent, pictured below, hails from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a sophomore at Mars Hill studying History. He is aspiring to be a teacher and has already done quiet a bit of teaching at his alma mater, at Southern Wake Academy, a Charter School in the Raleigh area. He is a member of the ultimate Freebie team at Mars Hill.
We are super excited to have these two students as Volunteers along with two others students whom we will post pictures of very soon! Welcome to the "team"!
Missions Event in Gate City, Virginia
The Lord's Harvest was privileged to help First Baptist Church Webber City, Virginia pack potatoes, pinto beans and cornmeal at their Gate City campus on Thursday, August 25the for a Neighborhood Evangelism Event. Approximately 75 members from both campus' came to prepare food boxes which were given out to people in the surrounding neighborhoods on Monday, August 29. It was our joy to minister with Pastor Morlock and the congregations of First Baptist Church Webber City, Virginia! The event was coordinated by our dear friend, Chad Williams.
Canterbury United Methodist Church Middle Schoolers Provide Great Help!
The Middle School Youth from Canterbury United Methodist Church came in July to help The Lord's Harvest. These eighth graders have been coming for three years and wanted to spend time, one last time, with "Farmer Bill". This group of students came the year of the record breaking rain and braved a muddy field wading in ankle deep mud to replant seed potatoes. What a blessing to have them with us again. We give thanks for friends like these who share their love and care with us! Wishing them all a great year as they enter High School. You all come back anytime!
Fresh Cornbread!
Ellis Avenue Baptist Church, Chicago IL
We are grateful for the groups who help us! Thank you, Ellis Avenue Baptist Church!
Bagging Beans
Cornmeal
We grind our cornmeal and hand pack it while including a recipe for our recipients to use. We were certainly thankful for these smiling helpers!
Why We Do What We Do
We know that the hunger problem in Western North Carolina is overwhelming. We hope the work we do at Lord's Harvest makes a difference while partnering with food drop off points that are already working to make a difference.
This is why Bill explains what we do to all our volunteers who help us!
Bagging Potatoes
Partnering Together
Bill and I helped with the Mars Hill Baptist Church Community Feeding Ministry on Saturday, June 7. The Community Feeding program added a mobile pantry and we took 100 bags of cornmeal, pintos and 100 5 pound bags of potatoes to supplement what they were giving away which included meat and pantry staples. We had about 60 families who came by in a two hour period. It was our first attempt in the county with the Mobile Pantry. A good start. The need is so great and those who were helped were truly appreciative. These folks were some of the most needy we have seen and a different demographic than those we have seen at the community food give-away that we have helped with since January.
Loading the Corn
Grinding corn into cornmeal doesn't happen without a series of steps to make that happen. First, you have to load the corn before you even start the grinder. Here you can see Bill loading the corn to take to the grinder at Boonville Mill in Boonville, NC.
Grist Mill Running
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Grist Mill Arrives!
When we purchased the Grist Mill, we were able to provide our families with cornmeal. This addition to The Lord's Harvest has changed our food offering. We have received great responses from our families!
Mars Hill University Student Volunteers
We are grateful that Mars Hill University students were ready and willing to help us!
