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California, Sultana
Gleanings for the Hungry
Youth With A Mission
Web Site
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The Ministry
Gleanings
For The Hungry is a mercy ministry of Youth With A Mission. YWAM is an
international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to
presenting Jesus Christ personally to this generation, to mobilizing as many as
possible to help in this task, and to the training and equipping of believers
for their part in fulfilling the Great Commission. As Christians of God’s
Kingdom, we are called to love, worship, and obey the Lord, to love and serve
His Body, the Church, and to present the whole Gospel for the whole man
throughout the whole world. Gleanings For The Hungry is a unique ministry with
YWAM, in that we have a product. At Gleanings we run a seasonal operation where
we dry peaches and nectarines 12 weeks in the summer. We have 80 -100 youth a
week who come and help on the production line and the drying of the fruit. All
products are donated from growers and packing houses.
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What does Gleanings do?
The ministry processes nectarines and peaches, sun
drying them to preserve the fruit. In addition, they produce a very
nutritious dried soup mix by blending vegetables, spices, a soy
protein, and packaging it in quart or gallon bags. Other nutritious
shelf-stable food products are donated by many generous companies
which allows us to provide for many more of "the least of these our
brothers."
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Accommodations
We
have an 8-room housing unit that is used year round here on the base and dorm
rooms that are used mostly in the summer months. October to May is a favorite time to serve for
mature adults and home school groups. During
this time we can house up to 35 mission builders. There are also 9 RV spots for those who choose
to bring their own housing. Six of the
RV spots have full hook ups, while 3 spots have water and power. If you don’t have an RV the 8-Plex is where you
would be housed if you came for an extended stay in the fall/winter months. The dorms are used to house youth groups
during the fruit season. During this
season we can house up to 100 youth in 5 dorms.
We also have cooks here who provide three meals a day and two
snacks. All this and more can be yours
for a small donation.
We
have morning worship and prayer – and what a way to get your day started! All the volunteers comment on how wonderful
the worship times are and how beneficial the worship is to their spiritual
being. This is followed by distribution
of the day's tasks to the mission builders.
**New RV Sites**
There are 10 sites in total. They have 30 amp service, water and sewer. The maximum length is 40 feet,.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer help would be greatly appreciated in the following areas:
Food services
Media arts
Construction
Vegetable blending plant supervisor
Maintenance
A key factor for the fruit season is to have enough strong trays
for drying our fruit. During the processing time older trays can
break.
Ongoing Projects
Located
in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, Gleanings For The Hungry processes
donated peaches and nectarines that are sun dried to preserve the fruit. Since 1982 we have been providing dried fruit
for the needy around the world in over 75 countries. Our summer
fruit season begins the second week of June through the first week of
September. During this time 80-100 youth
from churches, home school groups and Christian schools all over the United States and
Canada volunteer for a week to help process the fruit. In 2008 we processed over 7 million pounds of
fresh fruit which translated into 612,000 pounds of dried fruit that was sent
to starving nations of the world.
Each
winter Mission Builders come to our
vegetable soup plant to mix dehydrated vegetables that are donated in bulk and
mixed together to make a very nutritious soup mix. The soup is packaged in quart and gallon
plastic bags which are then packed in barrels or boxes and sent world wide to
those countries that don’t have government programs to help the poor and
needy. Missionary organizations use the
soup to reach families, in feeding programs, schools and orphanages.
Construction,
maintenance of equipment and housing are ongoing projects as well as fruit tray
repair, concrete work, electrical, housekeeping, kitchen duty, landscaping and
more! We are constantly maintaining,
improving and expanding our operation.
Come join us as we all work together to serve our Lord!
Trays and Pallets
Fixing and
repairing
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