love behind a meal

In Albania it is uncommon for someone to live by themselves. If you are not married then you would continue to live under your father's roof. (Mom and Dad... see it's perfectly normal that I still live with you... haha) Many of the caretakers are constantly asking me if everything is good living upstairs with only myself. I have to most of the time convince them that all is MIRE or good! As a result I have had some of the sweet ladies take me under their wing. However, the lack of fluency in the language gives us a good laugh when trying to communicate. The other night it took about 6 of us to figure out what one of the caretakers was trying to say: She was basically telling me that the following night she was going to bring enough food for dinner to share with me. She was trying to tell me what she was going to bring and asking if I liked those foods. I had no idea what she was saying so I ran upstairs and grabbed the little dictionary I have. Honestly, it was worthless because it didn't have many of the words they were saying! But we did find the majority of items she wished to feed me. The sweet one that was asking is one of the caretakers that I really have not had the chance to become close to because she usually keeps to herself. And so the next night at 6 (at one point she asked what time to eat but I thought she was asking what time I usually ate.. and I said 6 to the latter and so she waited until 6 to serve me even though I was down there helping with the babies at 430) she brought out two plates of: cucumbers, tomatos, eggplant, ocra, some type of meat and bread. My initial thought was how well did she wash the veggies and is the water in my glass tap or filtered. But I quickly put those thoughts behind me and enjoyed the dinner.. it was really good and as I ate I thought to myself, I don't care if I get sick from this meal....... it was the LOVE behind the meal that made all the difference and worth it. We really didn't talk during the meal but the smiles we exchanged said it all!!!! Thank you Father for strengthening friendships where I didn't think there would ever be one!