Yesterday, a crew went to the Port Angeles Salvation Army to drop off the 21,500 pounds of food people at our Seattle-area churches brought in. Our church was one of several groups who came and helped this branch in light of a recent theft of goods, and the Salvation Army staff were eager to turn around and give the newly donated goods to as many local families as they could reach. From the Peninsula Daily News:

Food banks in Port Townsend and Brinnon also donated 1,500 pounds of food, and people have been walking in with whatever they can afford to donate, Johnson said. "God has been blessing us over and over and over since this theft thing," she said Tuesday as volunteers unloaded the two truck-loads of food from Seattle. The agency now can share the generosity in holiday food distribution and soup kitchen meals for the some 1,200 families it serves. "It’s going to be wonderful," Johnson said. "I’m hoping it’s going to overflow Christmas and overflow the year," she added.

Thanks again to all who spearheaded this, donated, loaded and unloaded all the goods. We serve a generous God, and we're grateful for the chance to reflect his grace to so many brothers and sisters in need.