[Faith-Talk] serving and connection

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi,
It sounds like you are lonely.
It sounds like you want someone to assist you with walking and getting out
in the community for fitness participation and social activities.
I'm going to a church with my dad which is also small and most members are
older or maybe adults middle age with families.

I have not exactly asked to serve but I suspect they would be fine with most
activities. I have considered helping out with the youth group.

I am also seeking a fitness buddy to have nature walks with or simple trail
walking or tandem biking.
But, so far I did not find anyone. I asked our nearest chapter of Achilles
international, dc chapter,
But did not find anyone; no response yet.
So, I know what you mean about needing a guide to do activities with and
finding no one. I can and do exercise alone at a gym such as by using the
seated bikes or treadmills but I do so much desire to do some outside walks
or biking and go with someone so I can focus on the walk and exercise, not
my mobility skills.
I also want more social connections either from the church or elsewhere.

It sounds like you have other disabilities given how this is written and how
you write here. I do not know your full situation. I'm just speculating.
It would be helpful to know what you really mean. So far your emails are
vague saying that
You simply are not accepted and you are not finding connections.
What do you want to do? Some examples? What were some things you tried and
were rejected from?
Saying you have lack of opportunity does not tell us much.

I do not mean to be critical but you have written things like this before
and it comes up year after year.
Only by getting specific can we help some.

Writing things like this
" It is like people have been so hazatant to do anything or to support me or
help me find those opportunities either as part of a church or even ministry
and stuff like that."
Does not say much.

Have you tried finding connections through a community website? Here we have
www.meetup.com, but I'm not sure you have that.
I've not used this myself, but I know it's a way to find groups to meet up
with.

I do hope you find something. If there is a Christian ministry for the blind
in Canada where you are, maybe you can help them, even if its remotely.
Here in the USA we have Christian Record Services and Lutheran Braille
Workers; both are far from my home of VA but I've considered trying to do
something with them  remotely. Maybe writing something or conducting
something over a video platform like zoom.

You have to educate people about your abilities too. You may not be asked to
help as they do not know what you can do or how you can do it, so do educate
them.

Anyways, with more specifics, maybe we can give more suggestions.

Ashley

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Subject: [Faith-Talk] serving and connection

Hi
My name is Andrew for those who don't know me.

I have just had struggle after struggle with  just being able to serve as
part of a church body and stuff like that other then maybe music and stuff
like that.
To me the experience is they don't know what to do with me because of my
blindness and stuff like that.
It is like people have been so hazatant to do anything or to support me or
help me find those opportunities either as part of a church or even ministry
and stuff like that.
The answer I always get is just pray about it while we should do that and i
been doing that all along but faith should be followed up by action to and
stuff like that.


While I don't know other area's speciffically my church is a very small
church so it is limited but I want to find christian ministries who actually
let blind people serve even if it is from home or some other way.

The other area is that i have trouble making connections that really foster
into more then just sunday morning fellowship.
I have tried to find hiking partners and finding other things.
i reached out to couple of the other churches for walking buddies and stuff
like that and just other people whom perhaps i can really make connection
with from a church to do coffee with or do other things with and I don't
know they are afraid of the fact i am blind I don't know what it is.
I just been really looking for answers as to what to do with myself like i
have few people in building i connect with but they have disabilities that
keep them from doing walks with me or  other adventures I would like to be
able to go on and stuff like that.

I struggle making connection through or  church or community  like I said
even a buddy of mine has tried to talk to t others about  others about
walking with me or what not but there is great hazatation and never had any
luck weather it is walking or ki hiking and stuff like that.  or even people
to really connect with.
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