I have updated the Saturday page through the month of November. Please remember that we are planning a Christmas eve celebration. We want to give gifts of individual blankets, candy, personal care items (no mouth wash), and large plastic bags.Â
We plan to share stew on this occasion. In addition to what we need for the stew, we will need individual bowls with lids. More information on this event will be related as we get closer to the date. Thank you for all that you do.
Lynn
wil and i were sharing meals on sunday, and we received a lesson in “meal logistics”.
a man was telling us about how he finds aluminum cans, then cashes them in on a certain day, in order to buy the special two-piece dinner the next day for $1.99. he said he’d get just about enough from the cans for that meal.
he also mentioned another way (i forgot how) that he was able to get about $7, and then he went to the dollar store, and bought 2 generic cans of ’spam’ for a dollar each, then some saltines, and then a couple dollars worth of bananas from the grocery store.
he took a couple of our lunches, and a couple more for his buddies, and thanked us, and said that they really did help him through the week.
(in the middle of the conversation, i was again maddened by the fact that he suspected that he was ripped off at the recycling place) (see previous blog “aluminum” from 8-8-08)
the conversation just made me realize how much i take for granted. i ate at mickeyD’s TWICE yesterday!
also, i never thought about someone in the U.S. living on $2 a day! i know people in the poor countries do, but, sunday, there i was, face to face, with someone who had to plan out how to get a small meal here and there….. wow….
“what would you do for a klondike bar?” probably just shell out a couple dollars without even thinking…
we’re so blessed.
eh
this morning, i lost my cell phone (again). (this was my old one, since i went swimming with my new one) doh!!
so, i start looking, panicking, retracing my steps. i hesitate before looking in the dishwasher. it can’t possibly be in there. no way. not even worth looking….
then i looked inside, and, HEY HEY, there it is, on the bottom rack! (of course, i’m not dumb enough to put it in there. no way). i do remember while getting the dishwasher ready to run (luckily with a 2 hour delay), hearing a “clunk” sound, and thinking one of the plates had shifted. must have been my phone falling out of my sweatshirt pocket……
later, it made me think of some of the people we serve. it seems they shouldn’t be in the situations they’re in. they’re like a phone in a dishwasher, and we can’t fathom how it’s worked out this way.
but, god’s in control, right? maybe it’s just a test to see if we’ll respond. to see if we’ll look hard to find them. to see if we’ll reach out to help.
eh