Bishop's storehouse

[_harmony]

So... on my Facebook, someone posted that they were totally upset because no one budgeted gas so she could get to the bishop's storehouse to get her free food.

WTH? Should the church have budgeted taxi service too? A pedicure maybe?

No gratitude. No thank you, just bitching.

Perhaps this person needs to rethink a few things.

[_jon]

Couldn't she have used one of the Apostles company cars and chauffeurs?

[_Aristotle Smith]

So... on my Facebook, someone posted that they were totally upset because no one budgeted gas so she could get to the bishop's storehouse to get her free food.

WTH? Should the church have budgeted taxi service too? A pedicure maybe?

No gratitude. No thank you, just bitching.

Perhaps this person needs to rethink a few things.

Here are some of my favorite things I was asked to write checks for as financial clerk:

1) Traffic tickets
2) DSL Internet
3) Mortgages larger than my own on houses worth less than my own.

I hated that calling for three years. I eventually quit the calling over that stuff.

[_Buffalo]

So... on my Facebook, someone posted that they were totally upset because no one budgeted gas so she could get to the bishop's storehouse to get her free food.

WTH? Should the church have budgeted taxi service too? A pedicure maybe?

No gratitude. No thank you, just bitching.

Perhaps this person needs to rethink a few things.

Here are some of my favorite things I was asked to write checks for as financial clerk:

1) Traffic tickets
2) DSL Internet
3) Mortgages larger than my own on houses worth less than my own.

I hated that calling for three years. I eventually quit the calling over that stuff.

Even if all of that isn't strictly necessary, I'd argue it's a better use of funds than building another temple or another conference center or another 100k Joseph Smith pamphlets. At least someone is benefiting in a material way.

[_Runtu]

I had a very humbling experience several years ago with the Bishop's Storehouse in Houston, Texas. I volunteered to spend a Saturday filling food orders. It was nonstop all day, but one guy really struck me. He pulled up in a large van, which we filled together with food and other supplies. He was about my age. He had six children, like I do. He told me he worked in the software industry, like I did, and he had moved to Houston for a job, but he hadn't been paid in six weeks. He was out of money and getting desperate. It felt good to relieve some of the anxiety and stress he had simply by providing enough food for his family to eat for two weeks.

A few weeks later, I was in the same storehouse, getting groceries for my family. I had been laid off, and my company's severance package was miniscule. I was totally stressed out and worried about money and about finding a job. We ended up needing only the one food order, but it was such a relief to have at least that expense not hanging over our heads.

Whatever you think of the LDS church, I am grateful for the help they have given me when I needed it.

[_karl61]

I had a very humbling experience several years ago with the Bishop's Storehouse in Houston, Texas. I volunteered to spend a Saturday filling food orders. It was nonstop all day, but one guy really struck me. He pulled up in a large van, which we filled together with food and other supplies. He was about my age. He had six children, like I do. He told me he worked in the software industry, like I did, and he had moved to Houston for a job, but he hadn't been paid in six weeks. He was out of money and getting desperate. It felt good to relieve some of the anxiety and stress he had simply by providing enough food for his family to eat for two weeks.

A few weeks later, I was in the same storehouse, getting groceries for my family. I had been laid off, and my company's severance package was miniscule. I was totally stressed out and worried about money and about finding a job. We ended up needing only the one food order, but it was such a relief to have at least that expense not hanging over our heads.

Whatever you think of the LDS church, I am grateful for the help they have given me when I needed it.

Thanks for that story.