Day 1 Shepherds of Independence Bultsma
Today I was at Sheperds of Independance located on Morgan st. off of Leonard. We first arrived and met with Jim Miller who was incharge of the whole building. He gave us a tour of both of the buildings that they have. The first building was for the people that needed to be monitered more and the second building was for people that we more mellow and didn't need as much supervision. We first swept the floor in the room where everyone ate and we cleaned all the tables. After we didn't that we sorted through some food. We then mopped all the floors then cleaned dishes. After we were done with the work we were taken to meet some of the residents.
In February the second building that they have caught fire in a smoking accident. There was a man we met named Dave who had a chair in his room that had been recovered from the fire. When he opened the door the smell of smoke filled the hallway. Today he looked excited to see some new faces and was extremely friendly. The woman who was taking us told Dave that he should get rid of the chair, but Dave said that he couldn't because it felt good for his back. So she said that he could keep it as long as he cracked a window to freshen up the smell. He asked if they had some febreeze that he could use for the chair and when she said yes, he clapped his hands together and yelled "yeah!" We were told that the joy of the job is seeing the things that make people so happy that we would normally just shrug off. The little things could make these people happy because they are thankful for what they have.