The staff oriented us on arrival, outfitting us in our hairnets and running us through their mission. FMSC assembles food packs that are created with specific nutrition goals in mind to help those who are malnourished to improve in health. Their goal is for their food supply to strengthen health-care, education, and more in the countries where they send their food.
For today, our packaged food will be headed to Haiti. We watched a training video to learn how to assemble and pack the food, and then the staff broke us up into teams named after countries where the food gets sent - places like Peru, Djibouti, Kenya, and more. Each team had two fillers scoop soy, dried vegetables, rice, and vitamins down a funnel into a small bag; the next two people prepped the bags and weighed them in; finally, the last person sealed the bag and prepared it for boxing.
Our teams worked for 90 minutes, using this process to prepare the food for its shipment to Haiti. The staff did a great job directing our efforts and helping us work in special jobs and as parts of teams.
Shawn commented how amazing it was that we could get so much go work done when we worked together.
Seyoum liked the story the training video shared about a young boy named Nelson - by eating the FMSC meals, you could see him getting more healthy and lively, and he looked happier, too.
Ms. McMillan and Mr. Masterton were also moved by the students' response to the FMSC appeal for additional support. Many students reached into their own pockets to donate money or buy special gifts from the FMSC marketplace.
By the end of the visit, we had packed 64 boxes for pallet shipping, which can feed over 13,000 people.
Finally, the leaders invited us to pray over the shipments that would head out to Haiti. Everyone from our group joined in as prayed for the food to arrive safely, prayed for those who served this morning, and prayed for those who would eat the food in Haiti. It was beautiful!
PS: Look how hungry teenagers get after you work them hard for two hours straight!
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