free post- service project

     For almost a year no, I have gone to help at a nursing home on the first Sunday of each month. I usually attend with my family, but sometimes my friends will join us too. It is a service through the church I attend, Healing Place Church, and the main purpose is to brighten theses people's day. This nursing home is a little bit different than other nursing homes though because there are rarely any visitors to theses people and hardly anyone will get to go back home. Another thing is, this nursing home is for the injured and elderly, so almost everyone in this home has some kind of injury. This makes me sad that none of their family will come to visit them, but that is the reason we go.
     When the group of volunteers arrive at the nursing home, I can already see most of the residents getting a brighter glow of happiness. When we are there, we celebrate the birthdays and holidays of that month and the we hold a church service that all of the residents are invited to. We hand out cupcakes and a balloon to everyone who will have a birthday over that month and will bring small decorations if there is a holiday, but my favorite part is the church service. Only a few of the residents attend, but when we hold the service, I can truly feel the presence of God and I know what I am doing may seem small compared to some of the other mission trips and service projects happening, but I can really tell that I am making other people happy which makes me happy too!