Hey, Bridget! I was wondering if you ever had an experience like this:
A friend of mine, Freeny, told me recently that he had been speaking with God and God told him that he should take up ministering to elderly people in nursing homes about something to do with the blood of the lamb. There happens to be a "home" near where he lives here in Portland and he went over there last week and somehow talked his way in. He had his bible and the front desk checked and told him that he could go in and talk with this one guy they called "The Colonel."
So Feeny goes in and meets this poor old guy who seems happy to have a visitor and begins to "witness" with him and the two of them finally get around to doing some praying. Then they talked about Korea.... See More
When they are done, the old guy asks Feeny if he could take him out for a little outing somewhere in the neighborhood. Feeny consents and clears the outing with the front desk and helps the old man into his beat up truck and they head out. Feeny asks the Colonel where he'd like to go. "Dairy Queen," says the old man.
So, off they go. Feeny gets to the DQ and helps the old guy inside and he wants a vanilla milkshake, small. Feeny orders a blizzard or something like that. Their orders are filled and they sit down at one of those plastic tables and launch in. The old man takes a few sups on his milkshake, has a little trouble with it and sort of gives up. Feeny finishes his blizzard and the old man is just sort of sitting there looking out the window with a sort of blank stare. He's done, he tells Feeny after a while and they get up to leave.
Back in the truck, Feeny asks the Colonel if he's doing okay and the old guy just nods and watches the trees go by as they drive slowly back to the home. Feeny notices that the old man has a lot of gas. He has to roll down the window.
Pretty soon they get back to the nursing home and Feeny helps the man back in, checks him in and escorts him back to his room. But, by this time the guy has messed his pants pretty bad and the attendants have to get him cleaned up before he gets back into his bed. Then the head nurse comes up and sees what is going on and asks Feeny what was up. Feeny tells her he took the old man out for a spin and that was about it. The nurse looks at him and says, "Where'd you take him?" Feeny says, "To the DQ." Oh, no, says the nurse, "he is lactose intolerant! He's gonna be pooping his pants for the rest of the night!"
Feeny apologizes to the nurse and says goodbye to the Colonel and drives home feeling kind of confused. "I guess everything happens for a reason," he told me later.
A friend of mine, Freeny, told me recently that he had been speaking with God and God told him that he should take up ministering to elderly people in nursing homes about something to do with the blood of the lamb. There happens to be a "home" near where he lives here in Portland and he went over there last week and somehow talked his way in. He had his bible and the front desk checked and told him that he could go in and talk with this one guy they called "The Colonel."
So Feeny goes in and meets this poor old guy who seems happy to have a visitor and begins to "witness" with him and the two of them finally get around to doing some praying. Then they talked about Korea.... See More
When they are done, the old guy asks Feeny if he could take him out for a little outing somewhere in the neighborhood. Feeny consents and clears the outing with the front desk and helps the old man into his beat up truck and they head out. Feeny asks the Colonel where he'd like to go. "Dairy Queen," says the old man.
So, off they go. Feeny gets to the DQ and helps the old guy inside and he wants a vanilla milkshake, small. Feeny orders a blizzard or something like that. Their orders are filled and they sit down at one of those plastic tables and launch in. The old man takes a few sups on his milkshake, has a little trouble with it and sort of gives up. Feeny finishes his blizzard and the old man is just sort of sitting there looking out the window with a sort of blank stare. He's done, he tells Feeny after a while and they get up to leave.
Back in the truck, Feeny asks the Colonel if he's doing okay and the old guy just nods and watches the trees go by as they drive slowly back to the home. Feeny notices that the old man has a lot of gas. He has to roll down the window.
Pretty soon they get back to the nursing home and Feeny helps the man back in, checks him in and escorts him back to his room. But, by this time the guy has messed his pants pretty bad and the attendants have to get him cleaned up before he gets back into his bed. Then the head nurse comes up and sees what is going on and asks Feeny what was up. Feeny tells her he took the old man out for a spin and that was about it. The nurse looks at him and says, "Where'd you take him?" Feeny says, "To the DQ." Oh, no, says the nurse, "he is lactose intolerant! He's gonna be pooping his pants for the rest of the night!"
Feeny apologizes to the nurse and says goodbye to the Colonel and drives home feeling kind of confused. "I guess everything happens for a reason," he told me later.
-Peter