Small Things, Big Effects
I hade 2 very depressed worn! One women lst he's son and husband within 6 months.the other was married for 60'yezrs and tragically he passed in a car accident'
The were both asking for ONLY me to visit them as I've known them for years' but due to my work schedules couldn't make it.so I asked 2 different volunteers to visit each one.i instructed the volunteers to buy flowers and ill pay for it. I'm on a l,tied budget but for $12 and a smiling cheerful volunteer showing up at their door before Shabbas I thought would cheer them up s but.
I to,d them I only want ...
Call A Doctor
I was about to start rating my Amidah at Mincha on a we'd afternoon ,I got a text saying its vol Sara" I'm here with Holocast survivor mrs markowitz visiting" After knocking on her door for 10 minutes she finally opened the door" she crawled on the floor to get to the door" I found her on her hands and knees" I asked what happened? She sad for the last 24 hrs she couldn't get off the floor" her legs are not letting he get up" she hasn't eaten in 24 hrs" she may of had a stroke" What should I do" I responded" call Hatzalah rt away" vol Sara said " she gets upset every ...
Small things go a long way
we received a call that a mans roof was damaged. water leaking into his dining room and couldn't even have dinner with his family.
i explain that a new roof would cost thousands and we are not in the position to fix it for that amount. but what we an do is a patch job. it may hold for a few years, but no guarantees.
he agreed.
1 year later was sitting in shul. a man approached me and said " can I have word with you" so i sat with him nervously waiting for what I thought would be a man who's in some kind of trouble..
he started to say " I don't know if you ...
Just need to listen out
I opened my Facebook one morning and saw a message that read the following" my life is falling apart,Im age 55' bal teshuvah for 5 years now"my teen daughter is almost 100% deaf" she's losing all her friends and self esteem" when she was younger I was able to get get funding to help from going deaf" but the funding has run out" she needs something called a bionic ear"
I lost my job and it costs $9000 for a new ear, enclosed is all the caper wrk and the des name for verification" I don't know who you are nor wat you do, I was searching on the net and saw a picture of ...
Long Lost Friends
We received a call thurs night "we have 50 beautiful plants to give away" " we just had a charity function and would hate to throw them away ."can you give them out to people who can use them" I thought " what am I going to do with 50 plants at 5 pm thurs nt? How am I going to coordinate 50 volunteers to give these to 50 elderly h0me bound People before Shabbat? this can take days to coordinate. So I said let me pickup them up and sy e I can coordinate a few to be give out before Shabbas. Friday came around and I was running out of time.Shabbas starts early in winter. So ...
True Happiness is Doing for Others