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Page A—28 Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 WWW; Win Erasmus» gauge: swimmer/2 LS. Cedar Company Top Quality Western Red Cedar Lumber of All Types We deliver 1-800-572-3327 issmm mzzanllllfllliltfl aslrnatmmm JESFIELD Construction, Inc. Serving the North Mason since Specializing in seowoll Reconstruction and home repairs 27 5-6684 Frank Merrill Belioir WA Lic #JESFH'ZZSDO DAE'S COMPUTER same: No. Travel Fees, , Free Estimate The Journal Oflice will be CLOSED Monday, Sept. 7th in observation of LABOR DAY Honoring the people who get the job‘done. Early Deadline for the , Sept. 10 Journal is Friday, Sept. 4th at 5:00 pm. Haven in Allyn owner Debra Jamerson stands in front of the assisted living home Tuesday morning. Jamerson, husband Ronald and three daughters are in their 13th year running the home. Herald photo by Gordon Weeks Finding a home,— making a home By Isabella Breda /sabella@masoncounty. com is seemingly uncertain, one woman is anything besides worried. “I have to believe God will take care of us,” Debra J amer- son, owner of Haven in Allyn assisted living, said. “And he has. He always has. COVID can’t be bigger than God.” Jamerson, her husband, Ronald, and three daughters are in their 13th year of run- ning Haven in Allyn. While senior care sites across the state are trying to mitigate community spread of COVID-19 infections, the Ha- ven has lived up to its name. “I’m a stickler on taking good care of their skin so when the whole thing hap- pened, we were already clean, there was nobody sick in the building,” Jamerson said. “So at first, when the recommenda- tions were just cleaning, we made our clean, stupid clean.” As further advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department of Health came in, the Haven moved to allow fam- ily visits through the window. “One thing with COVID is the isolation of old people is not good,” Jamerson said. “Our residents’ families are re- ally troopers, they get to visit through the window. But the beauty is the Haven has al- ways been so loving.” But the love is all in the In a year where the future family’s work. Her oldest daughter, Dey- nondra, is the lead cook, serv- ing dishes that Debra said leaves the seniors “fat and happy,” but “not obese.” “She’s just an amazing cook.” Debra said. “She found a way to put love'in the food (the seniors) sit around wait- ing for their next meal.” Debra Jamerson Haven in Allyn owner Her middle daughter Rosie is a licensed practitioner nurse, and helps in caretaking, while her youngest, Karena, manages marketing and digital communications. “My children just really love serving and taking care of people and making people'feel good,” J amerson said. Though J amerson said she found her calling operating the Haven, her future wasn’t al-. ways so clear. . “My whole life I’ve been try- ing to find where I fit,” Jamer- son said. J amerson began as a nurse but dabbled in real estate, massage therapy and even taught the next generation of nurses at Olympic College. “I even Went to real estate school I was in this search,” Jamerson said. “Everything I was good at, I would try it.” Jamerson has lived in and around Southern California but said it wasn’t until she moved to Washington that the puzzle pieces began to fit. “I was about 1-8 and the Lord gave me the vision and showed it to me that I would be taking good care of people and I would be in charge,” J amerson said. “I was one day in the corner at a desk grading-(at Olympic College) and that vision of me being in charge, taking care of people showed up again, a sec— ond time. I grabbed my chest . and said ‘God, was that you?’ It was so mind blowing.” While J amerson knew next to nothing about senior care facilities, she said that she was obtaining institutional knowledge through her LPN students who were working. at assisted-living facilities in Shelton, Bremei'ton and Port Orchard. In perfect timing, the real estate agent who helped her buy their families home in Bel- fair forwarded the link to the Haven '—— originally called the Allyn Retreat. “I ended up talking to the owner one day of the Hav- en said whatever you want « me to do, I will do,” Jamerson said. “Something Was driving me and now I know it was the holy spirit.” ‘