{"id":11956,"date":"2017-09-06T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/?p=11956"},"modified":"2026-08-24T19:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:09:34","slug":"thank-you-this-is-a-god-send","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/06\/thank-you-this-is-a-god-send\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Thank you. This is a God-send&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Beaumont, Texas &#8211; <\/strong>\u201cThis is so wonderful, but I can only drink my meals,\u201d Sherry said as the volunteers loaded her car with boxes of food and cases of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A life-long resident of Beaumont, Texas, Sherry waited in line for more than an hour as staff and volunteers manically filled the cars of Harvey survivors in front of hers. When it was her turn, she quietly and politely told the hot and tired volunteers that what she really needed was meal-placement drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been through plenty of storms in my 79 years, but never anything like this. This is just awful.\u201d&nbsp; Sherry had been trapped in her home by high-water for three days. When she was able to get out of her neighborhood, the stores \u2013 the ones that were open \u2013 didn\u2019t have what she needed. \u201cWhen I heard about you-all\u2019s distribution, I knew I had to try.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When her car pulled through the line, the volunteers placed her off to the side and called over Major Amy Edmonds.&nbsp; Major Edmonds, currently stationed in Louisville Kentucky with The Salvation Army, came to Beaumont as part of the Emotional &amp; Spiritual Care team for The Salvation Army\u2019s Hurricane Harvey response in Texas\u2019 Golden Triangle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major Edmonds spoke with Sherry to determine the need and the best way to meet it. With a better understanding of what Sherry\u2019s condition required, Major Edmonds quickly found a solution among the donations, thanks to the committed volunteers who had spent hours sorting donations into different categories and neatly stacking them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you! This is a God-send,\u201d Sherry said with as much animation as she\u2019d yet shown. Of course, she is correct.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is because of the love of God and through His strength that The Salvation Army can respond to events like Harvey \u2013 giving hope with food\u2026or food replacements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-11957\">The Salvation Army <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaumont, Texas &#8211; \u201cThis is so wonderful, but I can only drink my meals,\u201d Sherry said as the volunteers loaded her car with boxes of food and cases of water. 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