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One Sister’s Experience

After nearly fifty years of life in India it was a startling and radical culture shock to return to life in America. It was a rude awakening following a completely different life in another culture. For a long time, I...

Step by Step: The Path of Faith

The story of Rest Haven is a tapestry, interwoven with prayers and praises, trials, testing, and tears, along with a multitude of thanksgivings. At the start just two dear sisters were provided with necessary care and shelter. In 1943, the Lord...

Past Mercies; Future Promise

It was in November of 1901 when Abigail Townsend Luffe arrived in Buffalo, New York from England. Within days she had involved herself in caring for the physical and spiritual needs of those less fortunate. Later, as one might expect,...

Quiet Desperation

David Henry Thoreau (1817-1862), American essayist, wrote to a friend, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Life often does not turn out as one had hoped. Youthful idealism has this glowing vision of the future, colored with radiant optimism....

The Care of the Elderly

The special guide in this issue of Uplook focuses on the various ministries God has raised up throughout North America to assist families in providing care to seniors. As Administrator of one of the oldest facilities in the U.S. it...

Choosing a Senior Home

In those last moments on the cross, the Lord said to His disciple John, “Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home” (Jn. 19:27). With those words Mary was provided for, in a...

Secular Decisions with Spiritual Implications

Many estate planning decisions confront an elderly person. These issues are not limited to the elderly or to those moving into an assisted living or full care facility. In fact, prudent planning requires that we consider them long before such...

NOV-DEC 2003 – Report on Senior’s Homes – Truth About a Lie – PDF

Pre-Conversion Sin

The world we live in is becoming increasingly godless and sinful, with standards that were once held in honor now being swept aside by the tide of liberalism. In the absence of moral standards, men feel at liberty to do...