Visiting the nursing hotel

After finishing my ministry in the church, I went to the nursing home where my beloved Deacon Dong Yoon Kim and Grandpa Seungkwan Kim were staying.  First, when I went to the room where Deacon Dong Yoon Kim was, he was lying on the bed, opened his eyes, looked at the ceiling, and was listening to a Christian broadcast through the radio.  It seems like he looks sicker and older today.  As I entered the room, there was a chair in front of the bed where Deacon Kim was lying and said hi to Him in Korean.  Then he reached out and held my right hand tightly.

So I raised my left hand and grabbed his two hands with both hands.  Deacon Kim, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease, is lying in bed like this at the age of 75 years old because his head is so dizzy due to drugs.  After talking with him in this and that way, he said that he remembers his father and mother a lot, who have already gone to heaven.  In particular, he remembered when coming down from North Korea to the south, and when his father brought him and his older brother down, his father had no shoes and carried him in an ice-like place and he was in tears.  And every time he comes to our church once a month, he says that when he sees my mother (they are both of the same age), tears come to his eyes.  It was a heartwarming meeting.  Although I felt it before visiting grandmothers in nursing homes or intensive care units, I remember that they usually missed their fathers and mothers in such difficult circumstances.  Even at such an old age, when I see how they miss their parents who have passed away, the love of the parents seems to be immeasurable.  Before I parted with Deacon Kim, I put my hands on his forehead and was about to pray.  Then Deacon Kim placed both of his hands on mine.  And we prayed to our Heavenly Father, to God our Father.  After praying, as I left Deacon Kim, I saw him continuously waving his hand.

Afterwards, I went to the room where Grandpa Seong-kwan Kim and his wife Grandma Yang-sook Kim were in the building next door and knocked on the door.  After a while, Grandma Kim came and opened the door. 

So I asked her whether I should knock on the door of Grandpa Kim, who was in the next room. 

She told me to come this way and I went in.  As soon as I entered, I saw Grandpa Kim, wearing a mask and lying on the bed.  He looked at me and said, 'I am in very bad condition now.’ 

Since their daughter was also in the next room, I approached Grandpa Kim and held his hand and prayed.

While praying to the eternal God, I prayed for Grandpa Kim’s faith and hope.

After praying to Heavenly Father so that our hope in the eternal kingdom doesn’t waver in our faith in Jesus, I heard the words that Grandma Kim and her daughter asked me to sit down for a while.  But I ran out.  Haha.

It was a short meeting for 3-5 minutes.  Both Grandpa and Grandma Kim, who had been attending our church for 7 years, moved to this nursing home and moved away from the church.  So they're going to come out to our church once a month even though we can't promise tomorrow.

[September 29, 2013, Sunday afternoon]