This Thanksgiving, a battalion of young sisters and elders preparing for the Savior’s call to “feed my sheep” (John 21:16) heeded another call to feed the hungry.
On Thursday, Nov. 27, the Provo Missionary Training Center’s 1,347 missionaries assembled packaged food into meal boxes. MTC leaders planned for 20,500 shelf-stable boxes; with each box able to feed a family of four for two days, that’s about 500,000 meals.
“Many hands make light work,” said Provo MTC President Stephen W. Owen. “And boy, there are a lot of hands.” Missionaries split into two groups, each performing two hours of service.
The food items—from peanut butter to beef stew to rolled oats to canned tuna—were provided by the Bishops’ Central Storehouse in Salt Lake City.
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