Friends,
Merry Christmas!
I wish you and your family a blessed and Merry Christmas. I truly hope you enjoy this special celebration of Jesus’s birthday; the ultimate birthday party that’s been celebrated for 1,000’s of years and hundreds of generations already. Amazing…Let’s enjoy!
Thank our Volunteers / Christmas Party last week
We had our annual thank you party for our volunteers and celebrated Christmas last Wednesday. It was fun!
If you weren’t able to make it, please know you were missed. If you came, thank you for coming. Thanks to all who brought dishes that were passed. There was delicious food and treats and lots of it.
Thanks also for the more than generous donations of cash and checks. We will certainly put them to good use. Thanks also for the nice new jacket with my name and the MS-Just Keep Moving logo embroidered on it. I’ve been wearing it with pride ever since. Thank you!
We are so blessed with our volunteers. Thank you so much to all our volunteers who come and make this possible. Rich enjoyed being able to hand out a gift package to our volunteers.
COVID
We didn’t have anyone new test positive for COVID this past week. Yeh, three weeks in a row! I hope it stays that way. Even still, we’re not through it yet but I feel we’re getting closer.
To all who have reported their positive testing to me…thank you for letting me know and for being socially responsible and staying away until your symptoms are all cleared up. If you do come down with it, it’s important we let people know that you have been in close contact with so they can watch for symptoms and help stop the spread.
We’ve all been dealing with COVID long enough and are very well educated on it by now. I’m not telling you what to do but I’d highly encourage you to wear a mask again if you haven’t had it recently. Let’s make good choices and be safe.
Please stay home if you have any symptoms or know you’ve been exposed to someone with the virus. Please don’t come until your symptoms go away. Let’s also give each other some space when talking to one another and continue wiping the machines down before and after you use them with disinfectant. Again…let’s be socially responsible and stay safe!
Let’s get together!
We’ll be getting together again from 9:00am – noon on Wednesday and Friday mornings at the gym. I hope you’ll join us! If we don’t have enough volunteers, please help each other.
Wisconsin Metal Parts – Westmound Building
W228N791 Westmound Drive
Waukesha, WI 53186
Prayer Group We’ll be having our prayer group Wednesday @ 11:00am.
I just love the way we share, pray and laugh together while we witness prayers being answered weekly. It’s truly amazing!
Thanks goes to God and to everyone that joins us. Let’s get together to share, listen, talk, give thanks, and pray however God leads us.
MS Just Keep Caring – Our Caregivers support group will be the first and third Friday of each month from 10:00 – 10:30am. The next one will be Friday, January 6th. If you’re a caregiver of someone you love with MS, please join us and share your experience of caring for your loved one. This has been very helpful for many. Thanks to all who participate!
Friday Morning Bike Rides
Let’s ride indoors all winter so we can pick up where we left off next spring. The bikes are all set up at the gym.
Our Facebook page is private. That means you’ll need to join if you want access to all our fun and progress. We’re now up to 328 members…awesome! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2639832389489709
Our Facebook page is very active and fun. Lots of people are doing more and sharing some of their journey on Facebook. Feel free to join and share your experience and comments. Thank you to all who are sharing!
There were some awesome pictures and videos shared again this past week.
Thai Massage with Ricky Heldt
Ricky will be here Wednesday and Friday again this week doing Thai Massage. Ricky says he is comfortable to work with you even if you’re not wearing a mask. Ricky will continue to wear one to protect you.
Many continue making great progress with chronic pain relief, range of motion, walking better and a new sense of hope when Ricky works with them. Please keep in mind that consistency is key. Not only with Ricky…with exercise too. We need consistency to realize the benefits long term. We want you to have long term relief.
Ricky has a sign up sheet based on first come first serve. You can pick the time slot that works for you. I highly encourage you to take advantage of Ricky’s Thai Massages each day and sign up for your time slot as soon as you get there.
Reiki with Linda Linda will be here on Fridays doing Reiki. Many people say Linda’s Reiki work is “magical”. We’re thankful for Linda offering her gifts and talents to us. Feel free to let Linda know you’d like to do Reiki with her. She also has a sign up sheet.
Inspirational Humor with Adam Wollert
We’ll be having our inspirational humor zoom call with Adam again next Tuesday. Adam is a gift to all of us.
Please join us if you can.
Tuesdays @ 1:30PM
Here’s the link to join us…I hope you do!
Join Zoom Meeting with this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9431389152?pwd=bWlYbFNaazVnM1M1cWxWMitlODdXUT09
Meeting ID: 943 138 9152
Passcode: 3qP2hu
Phone: 1-312-626-6799
Let’s reach out
I encourage you to share a smile and encouragement with someone. Perhaps you could call someone that you have not talked with for a while just to say hi and see how they are doing. We all could use a little extra love and encouragement.
MS is tough. Let us have faith, remain calm, be flexible, help each other and learn as much as we can about the challenges of each day as we make good choices.
Let’s keep moving and smiling 😊
In God We Trust…we are in good hands
Dan
P.S. We had a rainy night the other night. I went past this church on my way home. The walls were wet as well as the driveway so the lights were reflecting off it nicely. I went home, got my camera and then went back to get a picture of it.
I also had a chance to take a couple bird pictures this past weekend. I love it when they share.
It’s fun to watch the birds.
For those of you who can’t get out and enjoy nature due your challenges with MS…my heart is with you. You are with me every time I’m out there.