Well, with the recent rains, the garden continues to produce.  We try to keep up on it, but it has been a lot of work!  Without the dedication of some very committed volunteers, it would've gotten away from us!  We are still regularly taking beans, tomatoes, potatoes and onions (even a Muscatine melon or two) to the PCM Food Pantry in Monroe, and what they can't use goes to the Jasper County Food Pantry that is housed in the Salvation Army offices in Newton.  The time I was there, there were people standing in line waiting for it to open.  It felt really good to be able to bless others with our excess produce.  I've been looking for scriptures that pertain to the blessing of others and came across the following:

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times you may abound in every good work. As it is written, ‘He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.’ He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.”

II Corinthians 9:8-12 (ESV)

One main reason God blesses us, is so we can be a blessing to others.  This garden has been a blessing to many people, both those receiving the produce to nourish their bodies, and those donating their time and efforts, nourishing their soul.

May God bless each and every one of you.