A Spontaneous Moment!

This morning I had one of those moments that aren't typical for me. I did something spontaneous.

I had to drive to Hindman to pick up some things for camp. Enroute I spontaneously decided to pick up Miss Eva from the nursing home and take her for a drive. Miss Eva has served with SMMM for sixty three years and now, at 91 years old, doesn't have much to break up her daily routine. Her memory is slipping but her heart yearns to still be in ministry.

I came to her room, knocked on her door and said, "Get your sweater. We're going for a ride." I wheeled her out to the car and off we went. "How'd you like to go visit Camp Nathanael?" I asked. "Oh, that'd be wonderful," she softly replied.

We took the "old" road, not the newer four lane, because that is the road she drove hundreds of times as she came to camp for committee meetings, activities and, of course, summer camp. As we slowly drove along, some things she recognized and others she didn't. But when we turned across the camp bridge she knew she was "home". We drove around the property, twice actually, so she could see every building and notice a few changes since her last visit. Several mission workers were around who came to greet her. A group of MK teens were here taking water safety training and they too stopped by the car to say "Hi!".

Then we parked in the shade by the swinging bridge where she could take in the panorama view of the camp grounds. It was like a dry sponge soaking up water. As I watched her, it was obvious she was remembering the 1940s, the '50s and the '60s when she was in her heyday. Her gaze lingered on each building as if to register one more mental picture to take with her. After a little while I started the car and with one more loop of the grounds we headed back to Hindman for lunch at Dairy Queen before returning to the nursing home.

When I'm old and slipping I hope someone will take a spontaneous moment for me!

That's what's happening along the banks of Troublesome Creek until next time.