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adnohr
This is such a great comment. i would love to hear some of these stories. oh I am so sure they were so happy to see you coming to visit them. I never heard of freezing the clothing. You are an angel.
posted by
Justi
on April 22, 2014 at 10:41 PM
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you and george do a great job...so sad
posted by
Annicita
on April 22, 2014 at 7:02 AM
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justi
my little alz. lady died a year ago january and i miss her terribly.
posted by
jeansaw
on April 21, 2014 at 10:07 PM
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Re: Kabu
Thank you but you and George are the real heroes here for you just do this with God's love.
posted by
Kabu
on April 21, 2014 at 3:36 PM
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Re: Re: Kabu
Wow absolutely a loving woman. Thank you for your work wherever it was. Love ya.
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2014 at 3:12 PM
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Re: Kabu
Giggle - reminds me of when I worked with the street kids. They soooo needed hugs, and I gave them out willingly. My son and his friends who were sharing my dwelling freaked out the first time I came home with lice, but they got used to washing their hair with that 'special' shampoo, and freezing the landry before washing - they knew I wouldn't stop so it was adapt!!
posted by
adnohr
on April 21, 2014 at 2:32 PM
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Kabu
Hugging is so important for them. We can see it in their eyes and smiles. They need to hug too. Many of them carry baby dolls around because they are connecting. You gave your students a great gift to leave. I am sure all patients under your care or that of your students were happier and of course healed more quickly.
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2014 at 11:08 AM
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FSI
I was for a time, but it got to where I was looking for the slightest improvement. I take joy in the idea that they have a bit of fun and feel loved while we are with them.
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2014 at 11:06 AM
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Wiley John
When something is nagging at you to do even if it is something you don't want to do one must do it. You will become joyful in the doing that is how we know our calling is when we can't shake the need for doing the thing. Love you because you have a heart as big as all the sky. Kabu has been telling us.
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2014 at 11:04 AM
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CC
This is one of the most critical ways Christians let down those who are home ill and they do not visit. A visit is a healing thing. If you know someone is ill visit their caretaker or them if just for a few minutes. Carry a basket of fruit or some cookies. Don't worry about diet the caretaker will eat them. God bless you.
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM
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adnohr
The way we see Christianity is that we are here only to help others to find the way and to also help those who have found it in prayer or anything we are called to do. We will be taken care from the Lord through others as we care for others in the way we know.
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2014 at 10:59 AM
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Jimmy
We are there on Sundays and that is most often the time the relatives visit. One of them can be totally oblivious to all and a child of theirs come into the hall and they will look at us with a huge smile and say that is my son or daughter. I have seen it again and again. It helps.
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2014 at 10:55 AM
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Of all the 'diseases' that come with age, Alzheimer's has to be the worst! Physical pain and restrictions are one thing, but to lose some or most of your mental faculties must be a nightmare. My mom has been diagnosed with the beginning stages of Alzheimer's, but I hardly notice it during my weekly calls, something I wish the rest of my brothers and sisters would do more often. I think simply talking to these people can do amazing wonders. I'm sure those in your charge do love and appreciate those hugs, but something tells me they love the general interaction just as much . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on April 21, 2014 at 7:31 AM
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I don't agree, Justi - you and George are special. Many Christians are sympathetic to the misfortunate, but don't go out of their way and use their time to help as you two do. Just wondertful, warm and caring is what you both are.
posted by
adnohr
on April 21, 2014 at 6:07 AM
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I know what you mean About people being afraid, I never felt so lonely as when I was looking after my Mother. Rarely did a visitor call, perhaps the fear of the change in a person bewildered them. You do wonderful work and so does dear George, some poor souls have no one to comfort them.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 20, 2014 at 11:49 PM
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Naut & TAPS
I know I would have loved your dad. Lots of different people do different things to help others this is all we know how to do is to help with those taken away from their normalcy, either by drugs, incarceration or illness. God is not through with them or he would have taken them away then we should attend them with a loving word of a better life. We are not special just Christians of the Book.
posted by
Justi
on April 20, 2014 at 10:11 PM
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His whole adult life, my Dad visited people in nursing homes and hospitals and their homes when they were sick or lonely....until his life changed in his eighties when his Alzheimers disease took away his memory of it. He spent the last three years of his life being visited by loving people like you and George.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 20, 2014 at 8:17 PM
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Justi
I admire you and George for the work you do with these poor people, by enriching their lives and helping them in making up for what they have lost...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM
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Justi
I agree, if your have a calling that you understand by your God, you have no other way but to go, and God Bless y'all.
posted by
WileyJohn
on April 20, 2014 at 6:14 PM
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It is tough to see people in those situations.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on April 20, 2014 at 6:06 PM
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I used to teach students to hug the elderly patients. Everyone will hug a baby but as we get old we need to be held too. You and George are so special in your ministry to people in need.
posted by
Kabu
on April 20, 2014 at 5:39 PM
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