A day at Elm York...

Today our group went to Elm York assisted living and spending time with the disabled elderly. The experience was amazing, and it was great to get the chance to spend time with all of the people. We got to hear a lot of amazing life stories and just had fun hanging out. A lot of the People were very welcoming and excited to hang out;we drew pictures, made father's day cards, and watched TV. One lady, Abby G., and I spent time talking to, Gertrude, who had a lot of great things to say. Gertrude told us about her lif, and how she was born in the 'roaring 20's' and is close to her 90th birthday. She told us about her family and asked us about where we are from; she was very interested about where we came from. We told her the interesting things we knew about Tennesse, and she gave a few interesting facts about Tennessee too. She told us that Elvis apparently had a twin brother! They where born at the same time, but his twin passed away when he was very young. Overall, the time we spent at Elm York was amazing and fun; it was a challenge to get the courage to go and start up conversations with people we didn't know, but with God's help and prayer, we got up the courage to talk and got to learn a lot. - Alexis L.