1 Corinthians 12 - Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

I am constantly amazed by the God-given gifts and talents that each one in our Body possesses. There are the spiritual gifts used to glorify God & encourage one another in the faith. There are talents and skills that we have learned in life. They can be used or in some cases redeemed for God's purposes. One blessing of my work is to discover on a daily basis what God has equipped each one to do. Roy has HVAC expertise. David C. can overhaul your motorcycle. The list goes on and on.

Today Greg got a chance to show off his forklift driving skills at one of our pickups. He'd been telling us about them and has been schooling the dock workers we have the pleasure of working with. We got to see him in action today. You did a superb job loading the truck my friend. He's licensed on the regular lifts and even 4-wheel-drive lifts for off-road settings. I don't know what that fully means but I'm impressed. For him I guess it's like riding a bike. It's evident he hasn't lost his touch. Look out - he's back in the saddle!

He is also our resident, praying, soothsayer for all things edible. A few weeks ago we had a picnic for our church youth at Mission Beach. We were planning to save any hot dogs we received during the week prior to the Saturday event. Greg started praying for hot dogs. Two days prior to the picnic we received 400 lbs. of hot dogs from one of the grocers that donates to us. God really has a sense of humor. Be careful what you ask for. This was the first picnic we've planned where we spent $0, used all donated food & drinks & had enough left over to send people home with boxes & cases of food & drinks so we wouldn't have to haul it back.

Sometimes I have to ask Greg to stop praying :) . It's not unusual now to get flooded with calls to pick up food and turn over 15-25 pallets in one day. Thanks be to God!