A Church Sunday school group donates beans and rice in the summer, helping Mission Arlington get ready for Thanksgiving.

No, this article isn’t about accountants, but about beans – well, beans and rice.  If you have been around Mission Arlington^® very long, you know that Thanksgiving season here is very meaningful.  For the entire month of November each year, individuals, families, and groups of all kinds “lend a hand,” helping us get ready for Thanksgiving morning.

What you may not know is that for almost every big event we do at Mission Arlington^®
takes a full year of preparation.  That is true of our Christmas Store, our Easter egg hunt, and our Fall Festival, among other things.

To get ready for Thanksgiving, we collect and separate Thanksgiving food all year long:

Turkeys, Hams, Mix Canned Vegetables, Canned Sweet Potatoes, Canned fruit, Canned pie filling, Canned Cranberry Sauce, Box/Mashed Potatoes, Macaroni and Cheese, Beans/Rice, Tuna, Peanut Butter, Rolls, Pie Crust

These foods are donated through the year by the community.  This past week, a Sunday school department from a local church worked hard to put together Thanksgiving food.  They collected 34,000 pounds of beans and rice, and brought it to us.  We were so blessed and touched by their spirit, their energy, and their desire to make a difference for the Lord and for people in need.

We are ever grateful for individuals and groups who give of themselves, their money, and their prayers to provide support here.  Thanksgiving is still months away, but the spirit of Thanksgiving is alive and well at Mission Arlington^®.

We may not be counting beans at Mission Arlington, but we sure are counting our blessings.

To God be the glory.