VISITING SICK, POOR AND NEEDY PEOPLE
AT ANY TIME IT IS TRAUMATIC TO VISIT MOTHERS OR CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING ILL-HEALTH IN POOR CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS TRULY HEART-RENDING TO VISIT A VERY DESTITUTE MAN WHO IS CONFINED TO BED BECAUSE OF A STROKE.
HAVING HEARD OF THIS MAN A NURSE AND I SET OUT TO VISIT HIM. TAKING NEW CLOTHES, SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND NECESSARY TOILETRIES. WHILE WE ALREADY HAD ARRANGED FOR “MEALS ON WHEELS” TO TAKE HIM DAILY FOOD, WE WERE QUITE SHAKEN BY THE STATE OF HIS BED, HIS ROOM AND HIS KITCHEN.
HOWEVER, IT WAS A BIG AND GOOD CHALLENGE FOR US. FLORI, THE NURSE, DID ALL THE PERSONAL WASHING AND DRESSING WHILE I USED GALLONS OF HOT WATER, BUBBLING WITH FAIRY LIQUID TO WASH ALL DISHES, CUTLERY ETC. AND TO MAKE A START IN CLEARING AND WASHING CUPBOARDS, TABLES AND FLOOR.
ALTHOUGH ALL THIS ACTIVITY DID PRODUCE A CLEANER ATMOSPHERE WE TOUCHED ONLY THE “TIP OF THE ICEBERG”. MORE WILL BE ACHIEVED BY FLORI WHO HAS AGREED TO MAKE A DAILY VISIT.
OF COURSE THE FOOD BROUGHT FROM THE “MEALS ON WHEELS” AND THE LITTLE BISCUITS WE BROUGHT WERE EAGERLY ACCEPTED AND IT WAS SO REWARDING TO SEE THE GRATITUDE IN THE EYES OF THAT OLD MAN. EVEN THOUGH HE IS PARALYSED AND HAS GREAT DIFFICULTY IN SPEAKING, HE MADE BIG EFFORTS TO SHOW HIS GRATITUDE. WE WANT AND WE HOPE THIS POOR UNHAPPY MAN WILL NEVER BE IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE FOUND HIM.
GOD HELPS US TO PROVIDE A GENTLE AND COMFORTABLE ENDING TO HIS DAYS. THIS IS OUR JOB, OUR DUTY AND OUR JOY!
AT ANY TIME IT IS TRAUMATIC TO VISIT MOTHERS OR CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING ILL-HEALTH IN POOR CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS TRULY HEART-RENDING TO VISIT A VERY DESTITUTE MAN WHO IS CONFINED TO BED BECAUSE OF A STROKE.
HAVING HEARD OF THIS MAN A NURSE AND I SET OUT TO VISIT HIM. TAKING NEW CLOTHES, SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND NECESSARY TOILETRIES. WHILE WE ALREADY HAD ARRANGED FOR “MEALS ON WHEELS” TO TAKE HIM DAILY FOOD, WE WERE QUITE SHAKEN BY THE STATE OF HIS BED, HIS ROOM AND HIS KITCHEN.
HOWEVER, IT WAS A BIG AND GOOD CHALLENGE FOR US. FLORI, THE NURSE, DID ALL THE PERSONAL WASHING AND DRESSING WHILE I USED GALLONS OF HOT WATER, BUBBLING WITH FAIRY LIQUID TO WASH ALL DISHES, CUTLERY ETC. AND TO MAKE A START IN CLEARING AND WASHING CUPBOARDS, TABLES AND FLOOR.
ALTHOUGH ALL THIS ACTIVITY DID PRODUCE A CLEANER ATMOSPHERE WE TOUCHED ONLY THE “TIP OF THE ICEBERG”. MORE WILL BE ACHIEVED BY FLORI WHO HAS AGREED TO MAKE A DAILY VISIT.
OF COURSE THE FOOD BROUGHT FROM THE “MEALS ON WHEELS” AND THE LITTLE BISCUITS WE BROUGHT WERE EAGERLY ACCEPTED AND IT WAS SO REWARDING TO SEE THE GRATITUDE IN THE EYES OF THAT OLD MAN. EVEN THOUGH HE IS PARALYSED AND HAS GREAT DIFFICULTY IN SPEAKING, HE MADE BIG EFFORTS TO SHOW HIS GRATITUDE. WE WANT AND WE HOPE THIS POOR UNHAPPY MAN WILL NEVER BE IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE FOUND HIM.
GOD HELPS US TO PROVIDE A GENTLE AND COMFORTABLE ENDING TO HIS DAYS. THIS IS OUR JOB, OUR DUTY AND OUR JOY!
