Not your normal hospital experience.

The day after Giovanni was born this woman came into our room.Her name was Marta (if I remember correctly) and she was a pastor in the Methodist church. She told us that every Thursday afternoon a volunteer group of women came to the hospital to sing for the new mothers, their new babies and their families.

That afternoon Benay and I were in the room and we heard the steadily growing sounds (humming) of the group.
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It was really fun watching moms come out into the halls with their new babies and listen to these women graciously give of their time to bless these new families. It had Benay, who has a beautiful singing voice, thinking about joining that, or some other group, some day to bless people through this kind of ministry.

Here is the last song they sang as they worked their way to the other part of the hall.
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We were blessed by these women and their ministry. It was just another reason why we love this country so much. We're always being surprised by cool things like this.