This Is What Keeps Me Going!

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I'm thankful to be a part of the nursing home ministry. Being there for them certainly helps keep me going. It's been 10 years of visits, song services, teaching Sunday school and Bible studies. I've seen so many pass on, and that part is certainly never easy... but you learn to stay strong for the ones still here. The long times I couldn't go during COVID were difficult, and I felt unsure of myself or what to do. I know so many who don't have families who visit, so I take very seriously my time visiting with them. This year I'm getting to add in rotation teaching for their afternoon midweek Bible study, while continuing to rotate teaching Sunday school on Sunday afternoons. Due to my travels, it had been a month since I last visited with them. I made up for it by teaching Sunday School 2 weeks in a row and mid week Bible study. They were so excited to get their little Disney character gift from me. They've been showing me where they put them. I have some in my car to remember. After study time, prayer, and singing we sit around and just talk, laugh and cut up. It makes my heart glad, just as I know it does the same for their hearts. The workers always say how much the residents love me, but I love them even more! Sometimes I want to just bring them all home with me if I could?! It doesn't matter how down I may be feeling, when I leave from my visits with them, I always leave with a different perspective. I've been with my group at the Gardens of Clanton for 8 months now, and I couldn't imagine not being a part of their week. When you know something is your calling and purpose, you stick with it, thank God for the joy it brings you that, in turn, brings them joy, and you lay everything else (that may not be going right), at the feet of Jesus! When the ugliness and hurtfulness of life may try to cloud my mind... THIS ⬇️ is what keeps me going!❣️🥰

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