Meals by Grace - October

From New Member Natasha Rigsby

It was a humbling experience and one that my husband Wayne and I were honored to be a part of, thank you.

For our delivery, the house pictured on the info sheet was perfect and we were told that it was located behind another house, also perfect. When we knocked on the sliding glass door, which was covered inside by a sheet, we were greeted by the three young children who lived there. "Mom" came up a second later and we quickly learned that nobody spoke English.

The family of four is certainly living "cozily" in a very small dwelling and what stuck with me besides that were the small bugs and insects crawling on the kitchen table. I was reluctant to place any food there so we ensured that we put anything that needed to be refrigerated in the fridge for them and no bread was left on the table. We did our best to communicate with the family and let them know which one was their hot meal for Sunday.

As Wayne and I drove away we were both lost in thought and reflection and I'm sure many first-timers are. We discussed whether or not we thought the children were in school, how you "fix" issues that arise for families like this, etc.

We will certainly help again with Meals by Grace and will be equally as humbled next time.