the Marillac House

Hi! Jesse speaking.

On Wednesday we had the pleasure of going to the Marillac House Food Pantry. The Marillac House Food Pantry is basically a free market where poor and low income people can go to get a weeks worth of free food for themselves and their households. In the morning, we helped them unload their food donation truck which, on Wednesday, consisted of tons of potatoes, some canned foods, and tons of cabbage. After unloading the truck and eating lunch, we helped organize the food market and took on different roles to help in different ways. Two of us, myself and Maddy, helped greet and sign in the clients at the table in the waiting room while the others assisted the clients when they helped went in and picked out their food. We all had a blast helping out the clients and the other volunteers that worked there.
I didn't get to interact with the clients as much as I would have liked to, but I still got a lot from the trip to the Marillac House. I saw how enthusiastic the other volunteers were to be working and serving at the house, which was really encouraging. It was also really cool to see how much of a community the volunteers had with each other and how that was enough for them to be energized to help and serve their clients everyday. I guess it's just humbling and eye opening to see how much of a heart for others and a heart for serving I could have. Yes, I love to serve others and give others my all. But how much more of a heart could I have? How much more motivation do I need to serve day every single day? It's just really encouraging and motivating to see how much more of heart I could have.
I hope to continue to develop this heart when I go back home, whether it is within my circle of friends, my clubs at school, my family, my girlfriend, whatever. And I hope you guys will help encourage me in this way. :)

Jesse out.