Hello and Welcome to Layonara
As to your question, yes that is supposed to happen the first time you log in to Layonara with a new character. After that you will recieve a gem of rememberance which will prevent that from happening in the future.
I believe if you relog after you talked with the statue you will recieve a canteen, bread, some gold, the emote wand, the orb of rememberance and other things.
Have fun in Layonara!