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.Pammy -> RE: Let Everything That Has Breath Praise The Lord! (1/30/2008 1:07:09 PM)
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ORIGINAL: joy2give2u
Speaking of age Pam how is your partner and his wife doing? I don't know why but I was thinking about them the other day.........
Dan and Dolores are two amazing people. They just keep going no matter what. Dan is 67 and Dolores is 73. Dan had a motorcycle accident in 1991, has had several bones broken in his back, has never healed right, is always in pain, now has arthritis and who knows what else all over his body. And still he keeps going.
Dolores has lupus. Also has arthritis. Both knees have been replaced. Also always in pain.
Dan is an ordained minister (yes, one of those "internet" ministers). He pastors a local retirement facility. Dolores provides the music for this ministry, playing piano.
Dan is a dead ringer for Santa Claus. (Ever see smokymountainsanta over in SG? Definitely rivals him.) We have a local theater, Allenberry Playhouse, and Dan and Dolores are their greeters during the holiday season - Santa and Mrs. Claus, of course. Allenberry is also a restaurant, and "pays" Dan and Dolores with foodstuffs, which they see get distributed properly. (These people are tireless!)
More: They are parents to about a dozen senior dogs. I think it's about that number, I've lost track. They've adopted them, and all but one is crippled or blind or deaf or something. They've long since abandoned the hope that they can keep carpet in their house, and they now have laminate flooring throughout. Dan mops the house three times a day. (How much bigger can their hearts get?)
For those who don't know, this is how I fit into all this. Two or three times a month, on Saturday, Dan and I sing, or provide gospel programs, at nursing homes or retirement facilities. We've done this since 1994. In the last few years, Dolores has begun to accompany us and play where there is a piano. Oh, and Dan has begun to do some programs on his own at other places during the week when I'm not available due to (egads!) my working. That's now dedicated he is.
Thank you, Joy, for asking. You gave me the kick I needed to sing the praises of these two amazing people. God is using them to the fullest. And they are such a perfect example of something Dan himself says all the time - "God doesn't call the equipped, he equips the called."
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