Five Questions with...Joel and Fran Linscott

What drew you to Beautiful Day?
Beautiful Day is a call to be Christ in our community. First-century Christians (and even into the Third or Fourth Century) were known in the Roman Empire as people who worshipped illegally, but also as the only people who cared for others (which was apparently a novel concept at the time). They were the only ones who would go into plague-stricken areas and care for the sick, etc., because they were being Christ to those people. Beautiful Day is our opportunity to do the same, to reach out to the people around us and help them for the sake of helping them, because it's what Jesus would do.

Tell us about your project.
Our project centers around doing home make-overs for senior citizens that are in low-income housing because they were victimized by elder-abuse. We're helping them spruce up the place, hang pictures, and find a way to fit their life and memories into the space that is provided for them.

What attracts you to this one in particular?
These people don't have the wherewithal to make their domocile a nice place to live, they don't have the strength to hang their pictures, they don't know how to make their home fit the memories they've collected over their lifetimes. I think of my own grandparents and how they have needed help just to do things that I take for granted everyday, and then I think of these senior citizens that are somebody's gramma and grampa, but they don't have anybody to help them to do these things.

What sorts of volunteers would you like or special needs do you have?
We just need a few people, maybe 3-5, that have an eye for decorating, a mind for innovating, and a heart for the elderly.

If you could look into the future, what is the ideal result of your project?
We would love to see the lady who we are helping be comfortable in her home, able to display all her memories, and feeling blessed and loved.

Joel and Fran Linscott are the husband-wife team leading a Beautiful Day Room Refresh. They enjoy good ethnic food and mind-bending movies like Johnny Mnemonic and Inception. During this year's event, they will also set the record for greatest height disparity between project co-leaders.