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Welcome to today\\u2019s episode where today we look at several examples of how people are reaching out and caring for each other during our present day global health crisis. Hopefully these stories will inspire you to do the same.

I mentioned in last week\\u2019s episode, no.57, that a crisis like we are experiencing now in the spring of 2020 creates opportunities for us to find goodness in our relationships with people.

I have also found some relational goodness in humor in these difficult times.

Here are several examples:

Facebook post 1:

Until further notice: No one can stop by unannounced. We ain\\u2019t sick, we just don\\u2019t trust you around our toilet paper.

Facebook post 2:

\\u201cKiss Me - I\\u2019m Irish\\u201d green sign written in some sort of a Gaelic font with the obligatory shamrock. The \\u201cKiss Me\\u201d is crossed out with a big black X, and above it is its substitute: \\u201cWave to me from at least 6 feet away.\\u201d

Toilet paper evangelism. We delivered rolls to the college kids next-door :) ~ from\\xa0 webinar listener

I also found a Facebook post from a 5th grade teacher, with 2 small children at home. Like most teachers these days, she\\u2019s at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. She recently posted the following on Facebook:

\\u201cWhile you are homeschooling/remotely/digitally educating your kids, if you need assistance with understanding something that has been assigned for your child, or if you need more resources, just give me a shout. (Teachers copy, edit and paste!)\\u201d
So thank you for that, Emily D., 5th grade teacher and mother of 2.
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Found this on GMCN, (Global Missionary Care Network) for Missionaries

\\u201cWelcome to At Home Together.\\xa0 This site has been put together to help support families who find themselves having to temporarily do all of life at home due to the current situation.\\xa0 People are sharing resources in places like facebook but they tend to get lost in the feed.\\xa0 The aim with this blog is to catch resources and put them in one place.
If you know any families who are having to do life at home with children out of school please share this with them.\\u201d
I\\u2019ll have a link to this web site in the show notes as \\u201cAt Home Together.\\u201d

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A YouTube video to help children understand the coronavirus and what they can do. I\\u2019ll have it the show notes as \\u201cThe Yucky Bug\\u201d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9KNhmOCV4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1FKeumD9SXVua2o7uqsotroOBftjNeoxl0y4yBAZ2xoNwqaVN1uTHYqEU

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Facebook post

\\u201cMost young kids will remember how their family home felt during the coronavirus panic more than anything specific about the virus. Our kids are watching us and learning about how to respond to stress and uncertainty. Let\\u2019s wire our kids for resilience, not panic\\u201d
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Here\\u2019s a creative action a grandmother took recently. I found out about it in the chat section of a webinar I was listening to:

\\u201cI have to say that I can finally say that I \\u201ccreated\\u201d a closed FB group for my granddaughters and young neighbors and I read books to them from the children\\u2019s books I have on hand. It seems to have been another tool in the toolbox parents of young parents. It\\u2019s called Nonni\\u2019s Reading Nook. \\U0001f642 \\u201c\\xa0\\xa0 ~ Webinar listener
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If you forget everything else from today\\u2019s episode, here\\u2019s the one thing I hope you remember. Our show in a sentence

A crisis, whether it\\u2019s global, national, or on the street where we live, is a great opportunity to give people a picture of who Jesus is as we care and serve others.

Here\\u2019s what you can do in response to today\\u2019s show.

Ask God for wisdom for what you can do to care and serve others. Considering your God-given abilities, what do you think the Lord Jesus would want you to do in these trying times. Maybe it\\u2019s just to hunker down with your kids, and nothing else. Maybe it\\u2019s to reach out to others. Just ask him. He\\u2019ll show you.

You can also be on the look-out for other examples of relational goodness occurring around you. I love to hear about what you find. Feel free to send me an email to john@caringforothers.org, or share your thoughts in the \\u201cLeave a Reply\\u201d box at the bottom of the show notes

Closing

I hope your thinking was stimulated by today\\u2019s show, to both reflect and to act. So that you will find the joy God intends for you through your relationships. Because after all, You Were Made for This.

Now for Our Relationship Quote of the Week

Martin Luther lived through The Black Death plague, that killed an estimated 25 million people, which was one fourth to one third of the entire population of Europe. in 1527, he wrote these wise words that can help inform the way we approach things happening in our world right now...

\\u201cI shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me however I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely as stated above. See this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God."

That\\u2019s all for today. See you next week. Bye for now.

Resources mentioned in today\\u2019s show

\\u201cAt Home Together.\\u201d

\\u201cThe Yucky Bug\\u201d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9KNhmOCV4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1FKeumD9SXVua2o7uqsotroOBftjNeoxl0y4yBAZ2xoNwqaVN1uTHYqEU