Day 85.

As a part of the Justice Council at work, we organized a service day with Meals on Wheels. I used to find joy in volunteering at school in high school, but that stopped in college. I think this was my first time volunteering with folk from college and it was an interesting experience. In the past I would find something else to do instead. It never dawned on me that the God of justice I believed in would want me to serve with both faith based organizations AND secular organizations..or I just didn't want to think about it because I was more comfortable serving with people of faith. I'm not sure if it's how Meals on Wheels is run or it's because of the center we worked with, but the meals we delivered were to homebound elderly folk. Due to miscommunication and laziness on my part, only a few people attended. With some schoolmates I've seen around, but never really talked to, we packed hot and cold meals for the elderly. We then tagged along with one of the center's workers and delivered the meals. It was basically knocking on the clients' doors, "hi, how are you?", giving them their meals, "thank you - your welcome. have a great day/weekend!" While talking to the bossman we tagged along with, he mentioned that one of the women we visited, Maria, was an emergency patient. That meant that no matter how bad the weather was, he HAD to deliver a meal to her everyday or else she wouldn't have anything to eat and she's severely ill. Maria was one of the nicest and hospitable clients we met today and she didn't even look sick to us. It made me think about how helpless she is without Meals on Wheels which was the week's theme for the World Vision Lent Movement -- helplessness. I thought of my gramma and how she would never be left alone because she has my family and if not us, her elder son, or 2nd son, or her daughter. With her illness, she is unable to leave her apartment to get food. God believing or not, we can all be that difference, that bit of hope, that person that keeps the helpless going on a day after day.

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