LDS Church News: Saints pick grapes, bless lives
An estimated 10,000 church members converged on the LDS Church's Fresno Vineyard this August to do more than just pick grapes. They came together in a common purpose to bless the lives of other people.
"This is sacred work," said President Jeff Boswell of the Fresno California West Stake. "People realize that they don't come to the vineyard to make raisins, they come to the vineyard to bless Heavenly Father's children."
Located in Madera, Calif., the 80-acre vineyard attracts Latter-day Saints from eight central California stakes each summer as members from Herced, Hanford, Visalia, Porterville and four Fresno stakes come to pick. They gather en masse, sometimes parking as far as 2.5 miles away.
Read the full story via MormonTimes.com.
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