 The mission of Penrose St. Francis Health Services is to extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities. Recently one of the specific opportunities for expanded ministries that we encourage faith communities to develop is home visitation. Hi Judy. I'm a 59-and-a-half year old silver quality person, but I really did a normal life. Emily is just a dynamic individual and she's always got a big smile and a friendly personality. We started off with weekly visits, but now we're doing monthly visits. She has shared some really powerful spiritual moments in her life that has happened since I've gotten to know her. To me, for her to tell me these things, I feel I'm a very special person in her life as she is in my life. I know that each month I have Emily as a support and that she will be here. When I see Karen, she always has a smile on her face and she's always willing to help. And she uses her talents and I think that's beautiful. Having home visits with these people, I knew I was safe. I knew they were Christian. I had no doubts about them and that when I needed help, they were there for me. After visiting with her and talking with her, I realized her husband was in an assisted living facility and I thought it would be good for my husband and me to visit with them. I just thank you that that church is only about two blocks from our house. It's wonderful. I can walk over there if I have to. I just thank John and Karen for coming and helping us because we needed that help. Joe and I look forward to it. It's a joy.