Pastor Albert Fuentes of Calvary Chapel in Waco is no stranger to helping those in need. He has traveled to many disasters over the last 20 years and now he’s heading to Asheville, NC to offer comfort through his BBQ.
In 2020 he was down in Louisiana after several hurricanes when he noticed that food was scarce. This prompted him to start bringing barbeque with him on his trips, which is how the Pastor Fu and Son food truck began.
““The food was such a hit and people would cry and just testify about how blessed they were and so we just thought we would start going down, setting up, and feeding,” the pastor said.
Pastor Fu says as soon as he heard about the devastation in Asheville, he and his church immediately got to work.
“We’re hoping to take about 500 pounds and so I’ve been smoking briskets, 10 a day, for the past week,” Instead of taking the truck this time, Pastor Fuentes says they’re taking everything needed for a mobile kitchen, “I’m taking a freezer, around six foot freezer, I’m taking a generator, I’m taking gas, and a smoker, I’m taking charcoal, taking tables,” Fuentes said. “Everything they need to set up a kitchen and I’m going to leave it with them. It’ll be there for weeks to come to help them out.”
Pastor Fu is now driving up to the Calvary Chapel in Asheville to drop everything off, and he’s already planning to make more trips if needed.
He says the best part of all of this is seeing and hearing people’s reactions. “When somebody says, ‘man I thank God for you’ you know that’s a privilege,” Fuentes said.