Harvest

My Dad has the coolest job ever.

EVER.

You can watch this video that our church made about the welfare farm that my Dad manages, it's great:

http://www.lds.org/church/news/raisins-part-of-the-lords-work?lang=eng&query=madera+california

So recap: I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They own farms all over the world, and the food/crops grown at those farms are used for two things. 1.our own internal welfare system for members of our church and communities. you don't pay anything for the help you get, but you are expected to give back. By helping at the vineyard or volunteering at other church events. and 2. those crops or goods get shipped all over the world to victims of natural disaster or poverty. for free. no matter their race, religion or ethnicity. 

My Dad manages a raisin vineyard for our church. He is the only paid worker at the Vineyard, everyone else  are volunteers. yup. ALL the other work is done by us. members of the church and community. for free. We pick the grapes, we lay the grapes on paper trays we roll the raisins and put them in giant bins that are shipped to boxing houses and distributed all over the world to people in need.

Every year ten thousand people from all over the valley come for the harvest. It's a miracle, really. and i love it. I love the people that come to harvest in the summer and prune in the winter. I love that my Dad probably knows more about grapes than anyone else in the whole world, and i LOVE that feeling after a long day at the vineyard. you are probably filthier than you've ever been before. and your arms probably hurt. and you might have a cut or two. and it's 100+  degrees outside. 

but it just feels good to be helping people.

So go out to the vineyard! you are doing a lot of good out there. and you won't regret it. 

See you there!