50 Plus May 2014 by Gannett Wisconsin Media

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ON THE COVER: Pastor Isabelle Hernandez is seated between her husband, Dario Hernandez, and daughter, Norma Maria Hernandez, at United Methodist Church in Manitowoc. Matthew Apgar/HTR Media

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Dear Ready: That’s correct. Tighter rules on reverse mortgages that have recently gone into affect have made them harder to get, especially for seniors with heavy debt problems. The reason the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) made these changes was to strengthen the product, which has suffered from a struggling housing market and a growing number of defaults by borrowers. Here’s a rundown of how reverse mortgages now work in 2014. Overview: The basics are still the same. A reverse mortgage is a loan that allows senior homeowners to borrow money against the equity in their house. The loan doesn’t have to be repaid until the homeowner dies, sells the house or moves out for at least 12 months. It’s also important to know that with a reverse mortgage, you, not the bank, own the house, so you’re still responsible for property taxes, insurance and repairs. Eligibility: To be eligible for a reverse mortgage you must be at least 62 years old, own your own home (or owe only a small balance) and currently be living there. You will also need to undergo a financial assessment to determine whether you can afford to make all the necessary tax and insurance payments over the projected life of the loan. Lenders will look at your sources of income, assets and credit history. Depending on your financial situation, you may be required to put part of your loan into

Loan amounts: The amount you get through a reverse mortgage depends on your age, your home’s value and the prevailing interest rates. Generally, the older you are, the more your house is worth, and the lower the interest rates are, the more you can borrow. A 70-year-old, for example, with a home worth $300,000 could borrow around $170,000 with a fixedrate HECM. To calculate how much you can borrow, visit reversemortgage.org. Loan costs: Reverse mortgages have a number of upfront fees including a 2 percent lender origination fee for the first $200,000 of the home’s value and 1 percent of the remaining value, with a cap of $6,000; a 0.5 percent initial mortgage insurance premium fee; along with an appraisal fee, closing costs and other miscellaneous expenses. Most fees can be deducted for the loan amount to reduce your out-of-pocket cost at closing. In addition, you’ll also have to pay an annual mortgage insurance premium of 1.25 percent of the loan amount.

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Older Americans Month focuses on safety By Judy Rank May is Older Americans Month. The 2014 Older Americans Month theme is “Safe Today, Healthy Tomorrow.” Each May, the nation celebrates Older Amzericans Month to recognize older Americans for their contributions and provide them with information to help them stay healthy and active. This year, the month is focusing on injury prevention as its theme. Older Americans can live longer and healthier lives if they take control of their safety. On May 22, from 1 to 4 p.m., the fourth annual Senior Fair will be held at the Manitowoc Ice Center. This is a chance for our senior population to come out and meet more than 40 vendors from the community that provide resources to help control health and safety. As part of the fair, attorneys Michelle Birschbach and Alison Petri will be presenting a program starting at 1:15 p.m. on the new guidelines for “Spousal Impoverishment and Estate Recovery” that took effect in November 2013. This is a program you will not want to miss.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has made changes to coding of Medicare patients when they come to the hospital. Some individuals coming to the hospital are now admitted as an “Observation Patient” and therefore billed to Medicare Part B, rather than Medicare Part A. Hospital staff and the Aging & Disability Resource Center of the Lakeshore (ADRC) will be doing a presentation on “Admission vs. Observation While in the Hospital” during the fair at 3 p.m. There will be no charge to attend this fair. There is something for everyone, including food samples, free blood pressure screening, free A1C screening, balance screening, lots of door prizes, and an opportunity to learn about the services available to residents of Manitowoc County. Fifteen-minute appointments are necessary for the A1C screening. Please call the ADRC to schedule the appointment. The city bus will reroute its bus route to come to the front of the ice center that afternoon. Stop by the ADRC booth to learn about the prevention programs that can help you stay healthy, currently offered through the agency. They will have information on “Powerful Tools for Caregiving,” “Living Well with a Chronic Condition,” “Living Well with Diabetes,” “Stepping On,” and the “LEEPS” program.

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ual who is living with a chronic condition. On May 23, the Kiel Community Center will be the site of a “Powerful Tools for Caregiving” class. This six-week class for family caregivers will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. This is a program that helps the caregiver deal with the added stress that caregiving brings and to identify ways the caregiver can continue to lead a healthy life. The cost to attend any one of these three classes is $10. Please call the ADRC office at 1-877-416-7083 to register for any of them.

Vets and Social Security May 26 is Memorial Day, a day to pay tribute to the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The Social Security office informed the ADRC that Carolyn W. Colvin, acting commissioner of Social Security, recently unveiled a new initiative to expedite disability applications from veterans with a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation rating of 100 percent Permanent and Total (P&T). Under the new process, Social Security will treat these veterans’ applications as high priority and issue expedited decisions, similar to the way it currently handles disability claims from wounded warriors. “Our veterans have sacrificed so much for our country and it is only right that we ensure they have timely access to the disability benefits they may be eligible for and deserve,” Colvin said. More information about this new disability process is available at www.ssa.gov. The Social Security office encourages people to establish an account on the website. Application for Social Security benefits, Medicare, and disability can be made through this website. For those who are nearing retirement age, the website has a Retirement Estimator that can assist in determining what your actual Social Security benefit will be based on your chosen retirement date. A safe and happy Memorial Day to everyone! Judy Rank is executive director of the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Lakeshore. 929 S. 31st Street

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Dario Hernandez, 50, grew up in Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras. The country is one of the poorest in the world, second only to Haiti. They have universities but few jobs available for those who graduate.

“There are some jobs, but they pay very little, Hernandez said. “You would have enough to live on, but you wouldn’t be able to purchase a car or a house, there is no extra.” The country is made up of Christians and non-Christians and the majority of the Christian population is Catholic. His parents are the pastors of Iglesia Evangelica de Santidad, which he describes as being similar to our Methodist church.

“I grew up seeing my parents as pastors; it was a very good job,” he said. Hernandez went to college in Honduras after high school and finished in Mexico in computer programming. His wife Isabel, 50, stayed in Honduras. It was evident that if their family was to thrive, Dario needed to find a good job; he searched for that in the United States about 22 years ago. He moved to Madison, where he took a cleaning job. They weren’t exactly wealthy when Isabel moved to the States three years later with their son, Darwin, but the time apart was difficult and they were happy to be back together. Leaving their large, loving family back in Honduras was very dif-

Amanda Sieracki, an educational coordinator and teacher for the Lakeshore Methodist Church, teaches a Camino De Fe Hispanic bible study group at United Methodist Church in Manitowoc. Matthew Apgar/HTR Media ficult, but they are that much more determined to create a new family here in the States knowing that many members of their new parish may feel the same - displaced, lonely and needing a new place to call home.

Call from God While in Madison, Isabel was recognized within her church as having a strong faith as well as useful leadership skills. Her strength of faith came from a defining call from God. Her parents were farmers, raising six girls and two boys. They weren’t a church-going family. Isabel recalls the exact date - July 25, 1982 - that she was called by God to take him into her heart. She was about

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Lakeshore UMC – Camino de FE, 1130 S. Ninth St., Manitowoc Information: 682-1803, 769-0021 or 682-6311 18 years old. Her family had been struggling, they had several bad crops and with the poor economy she was told by her father that he could no longer afford to send her to the good school she had currently been attending.

came from for her to attend seminary, but is more grateful than ever. Her dream to prepare others to become closer to God has now become a reality.

Isabel was angry. She wanted her father to feel pain like she was. She wanted him to go through the pain of losing a child and had planned to commit suicide that day, but a friend knocked on her door. This friend said she had been sent by God to go and talk with Isabel that day - the friend had such a strong urge that she went right over to Isabel’s house to talk with her.

The family was called in September 2011 to Manitowoc, where the old Wesley United Methodist Church had just combined with St. Paul’s United Methodist, thus becoming Lakeshore UMC. This left the Wesley site with some unused space. Not for long!

This friend invited her to a youth gathering at the local church, where Isabel received an “Altar Call,” (an invitation to accept Christ into her heart as her Lord and Savior). Isabel went up to the front and accepted. “I then became a much better daughter,” she said. “I went home and apologized to my family. I was helpful around the house, much more pleasant and caring. My family saw a change in me. And they are now all Christians as well!” Isabel taught and preached in her church in Catacamas, so when she came to the U.S. she wanted to continue her work for the church. They joined La Hermosa United Methodist Church in Madison. She knew her calling was to be in ministry and when the church approached her to go to seminary, she was hesitant because of the cost, but a scholarship was available. She still doesn’t know where the money

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Pastor Isabel started Camino de FE with a handful of followers. How were they going to get a Hispanic church community built? First they needed to help the Hispanic community with things that they really needed. They brought in the Mexican Consulate from Chicago to help people with getting IDs and passports. These immigrants had nothing and came to find work.

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Some were undocumented. Dario Hernandez knows how difficult it is for immigrants to find shelter and work, trying to navigate the system for help while attempting to learn the language. It’s very frustrating. There is help available, but they have no idea how to find it. Translating is a big help. Our government pays for translating services for some, but not for most, and it’s very expensive.

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Pastoral Mission continued from page 7 Mexican Consulate, Pastor Isabel saw a great need for God to enter into the lives of the people visiting. She took this opportunity to invite people to join them for worship, Bible study and youth group. Beginning with about 15 families, the parish now has about 45 families worshipping together. Some of the lives of these people have been greatly touched; many are not coming from a kind background. One 16-year-old girl came in to Camino de FE invited by someone else. She was accompanied by a man they assumed was her brother, learning later he was her boyfriend and father of her recently aborted child. She had no interest in school, had no friends, felt judged by everyone, and spoke very little. Pastor Isabel had gradually begun to earn her trust and even asked her to volunteer for a large activity at the church and she accepted. Her home life is less than ideal, and she struggles with

a sense of guilt. God, through Camino de FE, is changing her life, and she has started to come every Wednesday for prayer services. Another couple, along with their 1-year-old child, met the Hernandezs at a Hispanic store and accepted an invitation to attend the church. They are now active in all church activities. The 18-year-old mother accepted Jesus as Savior soon after in a women’s meeting. They are currently in charge of the clothing ministry at the church. They take donations every Wednesday and organize them to make them available for those in need. In the past, the couple’s relationship has seen abuse and Pastor Isabel is currently helping the couple with counseling and the knowledge of God. Another member invited by a friend has come to find a “faith that keeps her alive.” She has many family conflicts, including her son being jailed. About the church she says: “Here I found the peace that I had never experienced before.” She has been inviting family and friends, everyone she knows to the

church and tells them what she knows about God. Pastor Isabel doesn’t see problematic people, outcasts or annoyances. She sees people who need God in their lives and works hard to let them know how welcome they are in the church. She sees a great need in the Hispanic community in this area and knows that with guidance, these people will be able to lead happier lives, be better family members, friends, neighbors and community members.

Biggest help Dario sees the work his wife is doing and is her biggest help. The mission of “Mi Pueblo” Hispanic Community Center is empowering Hispanic families to become more integrated in the community and to improve their quality of life by implementing programs of education, health, job training and referrals to facilitate access to existing community resources. The Latino population is the fastest growing in Manitowoc County. Mi Pueblo helps them with emergency as-

sistance, food pantries, clothing ministry, human services programs, social and community activities, individual and family counseling in Spanish, ESL, translating and interpretations, transportation, scouting clubs for youth, immigration law issues (Grzeca Law Group), and partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico. In the future Mi Pueblo looks to add a computer room, a community garden, Thanksgiving baskets, holiday gifts, and Isabel’s Place (Hispanic Cancer Support Group). It was Pastor Isabel’s first diagnosis of cancer that really cemented Dario’s faith. The diagnosis was something that shook the entire family. Nothing but a stronger faith would help them through. Darwin, the couple’s oldest child, was a great help in his mother’s ministry throughout her illness. He and his sister, Norma, lead songs during worship services. He is now attending the University of Kentucky as a music major and is a worship leader.

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Pastoral Mission continued from page 9 Norma is a senior at Lincoln High School. She leads the youth in church, leads music but plans a different future and plans to attend LTC for a career in law enforcement. Norma is fluent in both English and Spanish and translates for church members. Norma translated for her mother for the interview for this story. Dario would like to follow in his wife’s ministry footsteps.

“I see the passion that my wife has,” he said. “That’s part of why I want to be a pastor.” He is training to become a United Methodist pastor. He also feels that having the spiritual training will allow him to help others in the Hispanic community through Mi Pueblo. It seems that the Hernandez family has managed to make a life for themselves that not only fulfills their dreams, but God’s plan as well.

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Scott Gunderson, dairy agent with the UW Extension, says “approximately 65 of the 250 dairy farmers employ Hispanic employees. Other agricultural industries do as well, including vegetable growers, nurseries, and food processors, to name a few.”

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