Visiting at Bethania... becomes a time of intergenerational fellowship

"For many people visiting a personal care home is not on their list of favourite things to do. It is such a painful ordeal that it causes them to stop visiting altogether," says Susan (Martens) Froese. But for others, it can become an opportunity for thankfulness and intergenerational fellowship, as it did for Froese and her family over the last two decades. She tells her story with the hope that it can offer practical and creative tips for others who face similar challenges. Ed.

The Martens family is well-acquainted with suffering and visiting the sick. It began with our father, Jacob Martens, who, in 1985, spent two years and four months in Deer Lodge Hospital in Winnipeg after …