Hi Dr. Paul!
How is everything going with NAPS? How are the 10 young people fairing who stayed with me in San Jose last fall? Where are they now? What are their stories? We miss them! It was such a blessing to have them in our home? I had just moved my mother to San Jose, when she had a heart attack the same weekend that Charles and the students were scheduled to come. After talking it over with mom, we decided to move forward in faith with our plans to house the student missionaries. It was a surreal experience! There was mom in the hospital with surrounded with NAPS. They visited her, cheered her up, and brought her home in her car, while I was at work.
Then there was the renovation of the garage. We> needed more sleeping room, my mom had just moved here with her possessions from a 6 year-old storage. Things were everywhere. Yet, NAPS did God's work in the community and helped at home. It was unbelievable that we had 10 students and my sister, who visited briefly. a bried visit. During the same visit we even housed a traveling nurse from Trinidad, named Sharon, who needed a place to stay. We met her at the Central SDA Church in San Francisco during a NAPS presentation. It's so important that we never forget to entertain strangers. It was Sharon who diagnosed my mom's signs of heart attack and sent us off to the Santa Clara Kaiser Emergency Room, just in time. NAPS nursing students filled in the with aftercare.
The joy and spiritual kinship felt during their stay shall always be remembered and cherished. Many people were blessed by NAPS in the Bay Area from SFO to Santa Cruz and beyond. May God continue to bless you and the ministry of NAPS!
Yours in the Master's service,
Karen Thomas
PS: How is the NAPS Retreat Pavillion coming along? Please send me NAPS pictures and videos of the young people. Thank yoiu!