2018 ANNUAL REPORT
A PARTNERSHIP OF CARE
CARE IN TIMES OF NEED Yesterday I took a trip to a hospice location out of town. Paul is an Estes employee whose wife is in the last stages of cancer. I have been in contact with the family throughout her battle. A few years ago I had the privilege of leading Paul to Christ. He is an infant believer who has struggled with the pain and fear of losing his wife.
sedated so I spent some time talking with their daughter. We talked about the struggle, pain, and helplessness that she was feeling. As I began to talk with her about Hope her younger adult sister arrived. We backed off the conversation and I brought her sister up to speed about our conversation.
After listening to her struggles I talked about their mother’s faith and asked them where they found their hope. In the process, we were able to talk about where true hope was found. I asked each of them if they had ever found forgiveness in Christ and trusted Him as their Savior. That is when their dad walked in. When he heard that they wanted to receive Christ he requested that we all join hands around his wife’s bedside as they prayed to receive Christ. There were some tears and both of Paul’s daughters prayed to receive Christ. It When I arrived at the hospital, only was well worth the additional time in Paul’s wife and oldest adult daughter my day to travel and care for this family. were there. I prayed for Paul’s wife and read her some Scripture. She was pretty
OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS THE EMPLOYEE
TYPE OF CONTACT
Visits to business location
Hospital visits
Employee contacts
2018
INCEPTION
2,086 6,540 245 1,108 145,670 424,286
Incoming communication from employees and their families to chaplain
1,386 4,385
Outgoing communication from chaplain to employees and their families
1,858 5,981
Specific care sessions with employees
9,354 30,241
Employees making faith recommitment
737 2,537
Number of time gospel was presented
1,095 3,509
Employees making faith decision for Christ
80 196
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE LIFE FROM WORK
2018 YTD
%
INCEPTION
Spiritual 7,175
40% 22,964
Family 4,485
25% 13,329
Personal
4,350
24% 13,249
Work
2,059
11% 7,543
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