Got Milk!!!

Last Friday was so awesome. I had the best and busiest day of my life. Around 9:30 as I was doing my normal drop offs a milk truck to one of the companies that donates to us came in unexpectedly. They didn't call and let any one know they were coming. Including me who is in charge of the food ministry and when people donate. Well they dropped of 138 crates of milk. Which is 32 to 36 pounds per crate. Our galley(kitchen ladies) kept as much as they could for the up coming mission trip to Haiti and from there it was up to me to decide where the rest of it goes. I decided that giving it out to the neighborhood would be the best bet. But since the Haiti trip is May 1st and we are short handed as it is I was only allowed 2 other guys to come with me and distribute it out. It was really awesome but by lunch time one of the guys got hurt and could not come with us any more. This actually turned out to be a blessing because we took him back during lunch and made an announcement that any one that wanted to give out milk for 30 minutes could come with us and do so. 6 people gave up their lunch break to give out to the community. AFter the 3o minutes me and the one other guy who was not hurt went back and and delivered the rest of the milk that we had left.

We were done by 3pm and came back to eat and clean up. He went in to get his food while I stayed for a minute to clean up the truck. As soon as he had gone I got a call for the Milk company again. They said they had "some" milk left and if I wanted to come get it. I was like "I can handle 20 maybe even 30 more crates of milk. No problem." We hadn't given out to the shelters yet. I could give that much away easy. I went there and to my "great" suprise they didn't have 20 or 30 crates for me but 200+ crates. I was panicking in my head but I had said yes and knew I couldn't say no to this great blessing. I came back to Port Mercy with 200 crates and went to the head mama Mary asking her that if after work which was in 1 & 1/2 hours if I could bring a group of people with me and give out to the community. She didn't think any one would want to at first but when I told her that 6 people left their lunch break and that other people were disappointed they couldn't come she said go for it.

So I told the crew if any one wanted to come give out milk to meet me at 5:30. So at 5 I went to fuel up the truck since it was empty and to my suprise one of the machnics was doing work on it that needed to be done. I said uh Steve when you gonna be done. He said well I just got started how's about 10 minutes I was like "sure fine . .. where's your gas cans" So I ran to Wal-mart in a hurry of course.

At the gas area there was a lady there asking for money. Her story was that she was from New Orleans and didn't have enough money to get there. When I heard her tell some one this I instantly thought of my college friend who would use the same voice to get out of a traffic ticket or get something she wanted from some one. Luckily she tried to approach me twice but saw that i was in a hurry and not to bother with me. I thought to my self "I don't have money on me but if I did would I have pitty on this woman and give her money" As I was running around paying and getting gas I heard many of the customers talk about her "yeah right she needs money where is her car" or "I don't believe that woman really needs money I think she is playing" Well I left with out giving her any thing

So when I got back, steve was still working on the truck. "Hey steve you done" "Well I am but I can't find where this tube goes." AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I screamed in frustration and stress. Steve then had me drive the Truck out in the sun to see better. I was getting so upset I wanted to cry. Danette called and asked where I was she said It was 5:40 and asked how much longer I was going to be I said 5 to 10 minutes. I got of the phone and became more upset ready to cry at any second. Then God spoke really clearly to me and said "Praise me" Of course I didn't feel like it but God said it again "You need to Praise me Dess'' I started Praising God. God you know what you are awesome I love you so much. As soon as I started Praising Him steve said Found it. I was off and running. When I got to where everyone was they were gone. They had all decided to go for dinner. When they started coming back down they said can we eat I said I drive slow enough just get in the truck. We all were on our way. I wanted to get to a certain part of town but on our way there I saw a huge family celebrating Good Friday. I stopped and told the crew to get out really quick and give them milk. They got out quick but didn't get in quick. We were losing day light ours and the milk was staying out longer. I said we got to go two guys motioned me on ward. I drove slow hoping they would run and catch up but they never did. So we were down two and finally made it to the place we needed to be. It was awesome we gave out so much milk. God really provide the perfect time to give us the milk. In Louisiana Easter is huge. Much bigger than where I am from. On each block there were about two huge groups that had gotten together for the holidays on their lawn. We were able to be more affective this way and wish then a blessed resurrection day.

In the middle of where we wanted to be I saw the woman that had been asking for money at the gas station. I was blown away. She was sitting out side either her place or her friends place enjoying the day. I wasn't passing out milk because I was driving, taking pictures, and keeping people together as much as possible. So I jumped out so she would recognize me. And she did. I was so glad that the Lord had set it up the way he did. That she saw how busy I was trying to get gas and then she saw why I was so busy by wanting to give out milk to the neighborhood. It was awesome I am glad it was such a testimony. Our peole gave her house milk and asked if they wanted prayer or wished them a great resurrection day. How awesome is that.

So our crew got done at 8 at night with all the milk given out it was awesome. God was so good. We all had a great time. I learned so much that day. Here are some pictures of us giving out the milk and the kids flocking to the truck.













So first the kids were getting milk for them and their families. Then they came back to give to their neighbors.













Aren't they so cute and wonderful. What a blessing from God.













So that was our day. It was so awesome. God rocked to the max. Have a blessed day. I hope your Easter holiday was as wonderful as mine.

Blessings to you all,
Dess