Today we buried Pat, a 70 year old resident of Emmanuel House, one of two homes we run for the elderly who are no longer able to live on their own and have little income.  They live at Emmanuel House free of charge. Many of our sisters staff the homes during the day time, but the rest of the time many, many good folks from the area volunteer their time to give the EH residents round the clock love and care.  Today at her funeral service, many of those volunteers shared about Pat and how she changed their lives.  Pat was frequently described as very rough around the edges.  None of her children were at her funeral which says a lot about her pain and woundedness.  But almost every volunteer who shared, shared about how Pat called out of them a decision to love her for her sake, and not theirs, and that made all the difference in their lives.  And it ended up making all the difference in Pat’s life in the end.  That’s what Emmanuel House is all about: loving others as Christ loves us.