Spring Break Update (Monday)

On Monday of this Spring Break, we took a group of 13 students from UTD to Network Ministries in Richardson.  Network works with a wide group of people in the area, from providing food to the homeless, offering healthcare to helping elderly with basic house care.  We worked with their food pantry most of the day, and had two groups doing different type of work.  The first group sorted the large food pantry and helped reorganize the pantry so it was more assessable to the volunteers who pass out the food to people in need.  This group removed food that had expired, and also moved very heavy crates of food from tall shelves so volunteers, which are primarily elderly, could get the food easier.

The second group went to a storage building near by, and move a large amount of food to the warehouse.  This involved a lot of manly lifting, so naturally I took charge of this task. :)  This was a great opportunity for me because I was able to spend sometime talking to the coordinator of the Senior's Net Ministry, the ministry which primary works with the elderly.  He is an electrical engineer/minister, so it was really great getting to see an engineer doing ministry and helping the community.  It was very encouraging to see his passion and excitement for serving the elderly.  

Overall, I thought the experience was great, and I felt we were able to provide a lot of help.  As we were working, people would drive up to the warehouse to pickup food for their families.  It was really sad to see people in need, but I feel gave me more motivation to serve.  There are tons of people living with so little, and I feel very thankful for what I have, and hope I can give back more.  I want to thank everyone who can and served, you guys did a great job!