- Can anyone share about a time when you were lost—perhaps in a store, the hallways of a new school, on a trip with your family, or elsewhere? (Answers will vary. Be prepared to share your own experience.)
- What does it feel like to be unsure of where you are or how to get to your destination? (Answers will vary: scary, confusing, frustrating.)
Individuals suffering from dementia, a memory disorder, can easily lose their way and have a hard time finding their way back home. Let’s take a look at what one man is doing to help those with dementia who find themselves lost.
Play the following video for your students [1:53; stop at 1:11]: Phoenix man’s nightmare inspires Bloodhound, an app to locate missing people
Thanks to this app and invention, location services are shared for missing individuals with dementia. While this can help missing people return home safely, they will still probably experience fear and confusion while they are lost. It is easy to imagine how scary it would be to not know where you are—or how to get home.
When have you felt like you did not know where to go or what to do next? (Answers will vary. Students may talk about issues with friends or family members; be sure students don’t overshare personal information.)
Many decisions about where to go involve more than just knowing where we need to go or having directions for what road to take. They are about what words to speak, what actions to take, or what to do with our lives.
Like individuals suffering from dementia, we may find ourselves in situations where we do not know where to go or what to do next. In the Book of Genesis, we see a great example of where to get 100% reliable directions for the path of life. Let’s take a look at Abraham’s experience.
