Dinuba California - Gleanings for the Hungry

It was sad saying goodbye to all our family and friends in Chico... there is a rumour that we will be back to stay but we personally did not start that rumour!However, it is too cold to stay there now anyway... I had to wear shoes and sox for the first time since Haida Gwaii.

We arrived Monday evening in Dinuba at the Youth With A Mission base called Gleanings for the Hungry.Gleanings is a huge dehydration processing facility that dries fruit and packages soup mixes which is then sent to disaster relief areas.They rely heavily on volunteers so we have come to do whatever they need us to do.So far Tim and Eli have been doing construction work and pouring cement.The girls and I are mixing and bagging dry soup!Apart from turning green and yellow from peas and lentils, it is great fun as there are people here from all around the world.

As our theme song seems to be: It's A Small World After All, and our world just keeps getting smaller: The first guy Tim met was Sheldon, who used to be a fireman in Dawson Creek, BC. The first thing he said to me was, "Wow, you really look like your sister!"The next guy, Rod, obviously knew my sister too, and said, "Man you look familiar..." This morning, Kent, (Rod's son) said "You remind me of this Canadian girl I know named Cacia!"(Ya think? I love you Cacia).Thanx to my sister and her family we don't feel like strangers - more like friends of celebrities! (You are missed down here!)