Serving our Lord's children

Wednesday was the first day we were to serve at the Open Door. We had our breakfast and went downtown. It was geezer day at many stores and we went to Goodys for some trousers to wear to the class reunion this weekend. We found some marked about half price and a blouse for Evelyn. We went to the grocery to see if they could get brisket. They had some and we bought one for our next party. We went on to the Open Door. We were early but chatted with the others from our church who were serving until time to begin. I gave the message just before the meal was served. We take the food to the people there, including their cutlery and drinks. Some of them take the “you owe it to me” attitude but most are grateful for the food and service. They come in from 11:30 to 1 when we stop serving. We begin cleaning the tables and the floor around 12:30. Some volunteers wash the dishes and put them away. We only carry them to the area. We don’t do the cooking either. The meals have to be prepared from the food available in the pantry. The meals are made from food that has been donated by various groups around town. After leaving there we went to 2 groceries to begin buying for our next meal: the marriage encounter meeting at our home. We were home around 3 and Evelyn had to have sandwich (she won’t eat with me at the Open Door) and a nap. She gets very tired because some of the work is difficult. We had some small steaks I had bought last summer. I used the charcoal grill we had bought last week at church. After we ate, we went to choir practice for an hour. I am still working with the choir director on music for the LLL convention in July. We came home and asked one of the neighbors to come for pecan pie but they wanted to wait until tomorrow night. We returned home and watched the Cubs game, ironed my new trousers and packed for our trip to IN.