Each year at Christmas the elder board and I visit each of the widows in our congregation.  It is such a pleasant time to sit and talk and pray with them.  This year we had 15 on our list.  That's amazing!  It is almost 10% of our total weekly attendance.  These ladies are so encouraging.  I think that I get more out of visiting them than they do.  I am blessed by their life stories, the recounting of their families or seeing their hobbies and collections.  I recommend that you seek out and get to know some of the widows in our congregation!  SMJ