A single outreach takes:
50 volunteer hours or 12 people willing to give 4-5 hours of their day
On average 4,000 pounds of food
175 bags (average)
6-8 pallets
4 watermelon bins
2 pallet jacks
1 forklift
1 box truck
2 hours of loading and unloading food and pallets
150-200 boxes that need to be broken down
1 hour of clean up
1 hour of delivery and pick up
1 BIG tank of diesel
1 driver and a helper
All of this happens BEFORE an outreach!
Before the food even reaches The Freedom Tour, we have to schedule the pick up and then schedule our driver, fuel up the trucks, and head out. Once we pick up the donation it must be brought back to The Freedom Tour, where volunteers spend hours breaking down pallets of food and creating bags or boxes. We do all of this because one man said YES to a calling and believes in the Kingdom of God.
Yes, it will cost you everything
Yes, people will hate you
Yes, people will persecute you
Yes, it will be a blessing to others
Yes, many will receive Kingdom encounters
Yes, yes, yes.
This was a costly yes!
Are you ready to count the cost?
What can you do each day to say YES to Jesus and be the light to someone who is hurting?
Will they laugh at you? Yes. Will they persecute you? Yes. Will people's lives be touched and changed? Yes. It is worth the cost? Yes.
Would you consider partnering with us in prayer, through your finances, and through volunteering to help reach those in need? We can't do this alone, we need you!
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