Soup kitchen

It was Steele's ward's turn to help at the Catholic Soup Kitchen in Grand Junction. Steele told me that his bishop reached out to ward members asking for more volunteers because there weren't enough. A lot of people had left for Thanksgiving break so more volunteers were needed. I jumped at the chance to go and on the way to the soup kitchen, I started to doubt we could participate. I know a lot of places have an age restriction, but it ended up working out perfectly that we could help. The boys and I peeled carrots - most of them fell into the trash can or the floor but since they were going to be cooked, we washed them off and could still use them. The highlight of the day was serving the food at noon. Eli's job was to hand out the bread and he would say in the sweetest voice, "Would you like one piece of bread or two, sir? Merry Christmas." I had tears in my eyes. I loved it. I loved that my boys could serve beside their grandparents. We hope to do it again at Christmas time.