Thanksgiving Day isn’t that far away, and the Mission Arlington^® family is getting ready. The community continues to drive through every hour of every day- routinely dropping off turkeys and Thanksgiving food. We are so grateful. The turkeys are being placed into freezers for a few more days, and the Thanksgiving food is being separated and placed on shelves.  From these shelves of food, we are in the continual process of building Thanksgiving boxes. These boxes have everything in them that a family would want to eat with their turkey on Thanksgiving morning.  These boxes are being stacked in various locations across our campus downtown, so that we can easily place them in your vehicles on Thanksgiving morning.

Bible study leaders and other volunteers have been out across the community knocking on

doors, responding to calls, and making sure that we do everything possible to connect with people who need a Thanksgiving meal.  We don’t want to miss one person. Organizations with kitchens are helping us precook Thanksgiving food, prepared in advance, for individuals and families who don’t have a stove or the ability to cook a turkey on Thanksgiving morning.

Volunteers of all kinds from across our community are making their way here to lend a hand. They come early, and they come late, but they come faithfully – whether it is individuals, families, or teams of people from civic organizations, businesses, churches, or schools. Some are very young, and they come with their families. Others are past retirement age, but want to give back. Our community is so tenderly focused on helping others that the excitement and energy around Mission Arlington^® is not only palpable, but it feels great!  This past Saturday, 867 people (children, teens, college students, and adults) came with their team to get us ready for Thanksgiving morning. Many individuals and families were here too in addition to the teams.  We were able to get so much done, and the wonderful support is continuing each day as Thanksgiving gets closer.

Individuals, volunteers, and teams are calling every day, letting us know that they will be here on Thanksgiving Day to help. Again, we are grateful. Last year, it took 6,000 volunteers to help us feed 6,000 families (25,000+) people. From the volume of requests, it looks like the Lord will help us provide food to as many families and more on this coming Thanksgiving Day. We are hopeful that we will have your strong support on Thanksgiving morning.

These are amazing days of preparation at Mission Arlington^®. We are so very grateful for you.