That's a very good point--the widows and orphans are expected to go into the fields and glean the gleanings themselves; there's nothing in there about home delivery. I think the bigger point is that we shouldn't let people like the Browns make us not want to find ways to be generous, or give us an excuse not to try.
I think the story illustrated the difference between charity and welfare. Charity, sure, but that church was giving welfare. Note how the guy said he "had" to work under the table. I think he and his family are used to running scams and the good church folk should require a little gleaning next time around.
You know the cost of "rebuilding" is droppping...as people learns of incidents like this..and the Fema and insurance companies go look at the damage..its easy to see you don't have to fix it up to much...to our standards that is..that's how they live...like trash in trash....most would be happy with a new dog kennel and a crack pipe