Aunt Ruth

This post was written two years ago but I just realized had not been published. It was my last trip to the hospital.


This last visit I asked my neighbor “Aunt Ruth” to accompany us. “Aunt Ruth” has and continues to be an adopted grandmother to Mk’s in Costa Rica. She and her husband came as Missionaries over 60 years ago. She has been and continues to be an inspiration to many. Uncle Steve has since passed away and is very missed. Any one who has met Aunt Ruth would say they have received some form of counsel or wisdom from her.  You are blessed if you have been able to meet, have a conversation with or in my case been able to learn from her. Aunt Ruth is losing her vision but at this point if she was reading this would be shaking her head and trying to take all attention off herself. Which is also another reason I am so inspired by her…she is full of humility when she could be very puffed with pride.  Aunt Ruth has many years of experiences counseling Costa Rican women. I was so happy to have her come along. Everytime I go somewhere with her I am flabbergasted by her stories about all the people she knows. So, it was not a huge surprise to me (yet a pleasant one) when we walked into one of the mothers rooms and someone hollered out  in Spanish “Look, it’s Dona Ruth!” I laughed and made the statement to the ladies that everybody knows “Dona Ruth”.  It wasn’t until later that I got to hear the story of who the lady is.  It was inspiring and beautiful i was touched to have been able to be witness to what was clearly a reunion set up by God.