Wisdom

Today I was blessed by two wonderful women at The Vernon Convalescent Home.  They both live at this retirement home and have for several years.  They are very different women..but they both hold a special place in my heart.

Claudeen is the first woman i met when i came in Vernon Convalescent Home 3 weeks ago (the bottom picture).  She was a firey little lady from the first moment i met her.  She loves me and hates me all at the same time...but i love her always :)  We play Bingo together and i always hide the good prizes just for her so that when she does win she gets the good stuff...oops i dont think im supposed to play favorites like that but i do...i hope Jesus still loves me for that..hehe.  Anyways we play Bingo and sometimes she says she wants me to be her partner and help her and sit by her and talk to her and then the next moment she is literally hitting me in the face with her Bingo card telling me to go away and shut up.  In the picture i caught her in a moment that she was loving me and she smiled with me.  I love just sitting and talking with her even though she gets a little firey at times.  She tells me to come back everyday to see her and i tell her i will as much as i can.  When i left today she said "i will really miss you...you're my favorite."  She is wonderful!

The second woman i met just today is Mother Barry (the top picture...Mother Barry and her friend Joyce that visits her every day).  She is an AMAZING woman!  She is 108 years old...yes that is not a misprint there...she is 108!  She has been a Christian almost her whole life and she is devoted to the Lord now.  She is wise wise wise wise wise...full of wisdom from the Lord and she was delighted to share her wisdom with me.  We talked about Scripture and i told her what i was doing in LA and she encouraged me more than she even knows.  I only got to talk to her for a short time because we had to leave but the short time was enough to see Christ shining brightly through her.  She told me to come visit and talk to her anytime and she would be a woman i would love to get to just sit with everyday and learn from her years and years of life on this earth.  She was proud to tell me she got to vote for Obama...what an amazing thing for her to get to experience.  As i was leaving she asked if she could pray for me and my ministry this summer.  I was glad to have her pray for me.  Her words were so powerful..i shed a tear as she prayed.  If only i could sit with her and gain wisdom more and more...maybe i will get that opportunity another time this summer...but for today that was enough.

The Lord is Good!!