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“average JoeOhio Tour” cont.:<\/strong> \u00a0 We traveled north to Ashtabula, Ohio, where we met with Jane and Margo Stuart who own “Silver Sands” assisted living home for the elderly. \u00a0 It is an assisted living home with a twist, or rather a discount. \u00a0 St. Joseph’s Church here has \u00a0leased an old convent to \u00a0Jane and \u00a0Margo \u00a0for the past 20 years. \u00a0 The cost per month to residents is about half of what an average assisted living facility would cost, said Jane. \u00a0 What’s more, the care is ultra personal. \u00a0 There are four full-time staff, several part-time staff ,and a number of people from St. Josephs who volunteer in various ways. \u00a0 Another reason the cost is so reasonable is because Jane and Margo don’t take a salary, they look at it more as a ministry. \u00a0 What’s more, they hospice the dying residents on site as well. \u00a0 “We try to wrap them in love,” said Jane… \u00a0 We then stopped in for a cup of coffee at “His Cup Cafe,” a Christian coffee house. \u00a0 Rev. Jim Ekensten said he sees his coffee shop (and adjacent “Healing Room”) as a ministry. \u00a0 People come from all over town for prayer, for coffee, for Bible studies… \u00a0 Rev. Ekensten said people come for prayer with drug and alcohol problems, with depression problems, with physical ailments… \u00a0 In turn, they are prayed over, connected with area churches, and so on. \u00a0 Rev. Ekensten said people were healed in the New Testament, and there is no where in the Bible where it said that this wouldn’t continue to happen in the future. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> This day at His Cup Cafe, I got into a conversation with youth leader Joe Ford of the First Baptist Church in Ashtabula. \u00a0 He said he was Pro-Life and questioned the rationale of being able to kill a baby in the womb. \u00a0 He said this is no different than being able to “walk into my house and ‘off’ my eight-year-old.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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