Monday, February 13, 2006

Valentine's Visits

Yesterday, some people from church and I visited a some of the shut-ins that belong to our church. We brought them plates of cookies, and stayed and visited with them for a while. We have been planning a lot of activities for the shut-in members since Bob's mom had to stay in a nursing home for a while, and it hit Bob just how few visitors some of the residents had and just how lonely many of them are. Thankfully, Bob is a retired teacher and has a lot of time to plan these sorts of things.

The first lady we visited turned 101 years old back in November. Quite a sharp 101 year old she is, too. She doesn't get around very well, but mentally she was as sharp as could be. It was a very interesting visit, with a lot of interesting stories about life over the last century. It is particularly interesting to think that when she was my age (37, soon to be 38), we were still in the middle of World War II.

The second house we went to was two sisters who live together in a local retirement community. They were a bit younger (in their 80's), and have lived in Watertown all of their lives. The sister who could walk better gave us a tour of their condo. In the garage was a nice Harley-Davidson motorcycle that belonged to her son in law. I said "you gave up your cars, but I see you kept your motorcycle". Their house was absolutely immaculate. They must just clean it all day.

If you are looking for a good service project for a church group, or if you are just looking for something constructive to do, I highly suggest something like this. It is very rewarding for you, and you will make someone's day. A lot of these people get very few visitors.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's the first time I've heard of visiting homes for V-Day. Very sweet, you're a good man.

Back on the air :)