Every Tuesday Gail visits the Lenawee Medical Care Facility and has devotions with several of the ladies who are residents there. Some of them are not only having devotions but are now memorizing Scripture, one of whom is in her early to mid nineties. A lot of people say they are too old to memorize anything, but age is certainly not stopping these ladies. Today, Gail happened to visit Margaret for the first time and found out that Margaret is blind due to sugar. She said that blindness makes loneliness ten times worse. Gail then asked her how she passed the time. Christian radio was her response. She listens to Christian radio all the time and finds much encouragement to reduce the loneliness. Even though she is blind, she surprised Gail by pulling out a harmonica and playing it. She proclaimed that it is the smallest harmonica in the world. It appeared to be only about an inch and a half long. Gail always comes home very excited about the time she has spent with the various residents at the medical care facility.
While visiting with Clara, she introduced me to Jerry another resident. Jerry informed Gail that there are many lonely people in the facility and would love to have someone visit. Even though Gail goes to encourage and assist the residents, she receives multiple blessings in return. The above verse from James commands us to minister to the widows in their distress. May this be an encouragement to you who would feel the calling to visit those who are lonely.
Blessings and Encouragement,
Paul, Gail, Patsy, and Penny
P.S. We finished painting our garage floor last Thursday and below is a picture of how it turned out.
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