CRESCENT HILL MINISTRIES IN ACTION

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If you eat a tomato or other fresh produce during the winter months, there is a very good chance that it came from the small town of Immokalee, Florida Rick and Ellen Burnette are our Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) missionaries who minister to those farmworkers

Almost half of the 30,000 workers who harvest food for us don’t have enough food to feed themselves. The Burnettes, with a network of dozens of partner gardeners, share fresh produce with 300500 food bank clients And as members of Crescent Hill Baptist Church, you have a part in helping feed those same migrant workers who picked the produce you are eating right now.

In order to pick up all this donated produce from across three southwest Florida counties, the missionaries relied on a 20- year- old open-bed pickup truck for delivery of 15 tons of produce each year

Their dream had been to have a large air conditioned van allowing them to carry more food plus reduce spoilage in the hot climate. Our church got in on the ground level of making the van a reality by pledging $10,000 if the Burnettes could raise the additional $25,000 needed by December 31, 2022 That happened when churches and individuals from South Carolina to Texas to Louisville and places in between provided the needed funds. The Burnettes used Indianapolis-based Missionary Auto & Truck Services to help find just the perfect vehicle All the back seats in the 15-passenger van were removed before delivery, as this vehicle will just haul produce to those in need. Rick will be with us in worship on March 19th and we look forward to hearing more about their good work