1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,020 --> 00:00:07,242 there's sort of two aspects , I think , 3 00:00:07,242 --> 00:00:09,409 chaplaincy . So there's the ministry , 4 00:00:09,409 --> 00:00:11,353 sort of . I think , what everybody 5 00:00:11,353 --> 00:00:13,576 would think of , what their minister or 6 00:00:13,576 --> 00:00:15,687 the priest does on Sunday . The other 7 00:00:15,687 --> 00:00:15,630 part of it is walking around Ministry 8 00:00:15,630 --> 00:00:17,797 of Presence , just being with people , 9 00:00:17,797 --> 00:00:19,963 chatting with people , seen where they 10 00:00:19,963 --> 00:00:21,797 are and what we've been doing is 11 00:00:21,797 --> 00:00:23,963 integrating or trying to meet with the 12 00:00:23,963 --> 00:00:26,186 military people , the civilian people , 13 00:00:26,186 --> 00:00:28,186 the staff members , the doctors and 14 00:00:28,186 --> 00:00:30,880 nurses and also starting to integrate 15 00:00:30,890 --> 00:00:33,680 or minister to the patients . The 16 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,902 residents . There have been a number of 17 00:00:35,902 --> 00:00:38,020 times when a staff has reached out to 18 00:00:38,020 --> 00:00:40,187 me and say , Hey , I need to talk to a 19 00:00:40,187 --> 00:00:42,187 chaplain and I've been able to be a 20 00:00:42,187 --> 00:00:44,242 person that can go alongside and and 21 00:00:44,242 --> 00:00:46,353 talk about what they're going through 22 00:00:46,353 --> 00:00:48,780 process that grief with them I've heard 23 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:50,947 people say we bring a sense of calm to 24 00:00:50,947 --> 00:00:52,770 the room when we come in and so 25 00:00:52,770 --> 00:00:55,100 sometimes people have said to me they 26 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,267 just feel better when they look around 27 00:00:57,267 --> 00:00:58,989 the room and they see that the 28 00:00:58,989 --> 00:01:01,156 chaplains there they may not come over 29 00:01:01,156 --> 00:01:03,378 and talk to us , but they know that the 30 00:01:03,378 --> 00:01:03,290 chaplains there , they know we're there 31 00:01:03,290 --> 00:01:05,234 for them , so it makes them feel a 32 00:01:05,234 --> 00:01:07,568 little bit better , a little bit easier . 33 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:09,790 So I'm happy to provide that and one of 34 00:01:09,790 --> 00:01:12,340 most critical times in our nation's 35 00:01:12,350 --> 00:01:14,990 history . What we're going through as a 36 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 country and what the Guard is going 37 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,222 through is a precedent and being a part 38 00:01:19,222 --> 00:01:22,280 of that , running to people that are in 39 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,447 need and serving others and forgetting 40 00:01:24,447 --> 00:01:26,669 about myself , trusting myself to God . 41 00:01:26,669 --> 00:01:28,502 That in itself is so rewarding . 42 00:01:29,940 --> 00:01:32,107 There's an aspect where you say you're 43 00:01:32,107 --> 00:01:34,107 not alone is other people suffering 44 00:01:34,107 --> 00:01:34,030 what you're suffering there , People 45 00:01:34,030 --> 00:01:35,863 here to walk with you people are 46 00:01:35,863 --> 00:01:38,030 praying for you and most importantly , 47 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:38,860 God is with you .