{"id":2202,"date":"2024-11-19T16:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T16:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/asbury-methodist-village\/?page_id=2202"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:56:14","slug":"a-globetrotter-finds-a-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/asbury-methodist-village\/about\/testimonials\/a-globetrotter-finds-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A Globetrotter Finds a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n        <!-- START: FountainSL\/Block: acf\/header -->\r\n        <div class=\"ftn-block header\" style=\"\">\r\n            <style>.pageheader{\n\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  width: 100%;\n  overflow: hidden;\nbackground-color: rgb(33,54,106);\n}.pageheader .blockcontainer {\n  margin-top: 10px;\n\n  margin-bottom: 10px;\n\n\n}\n\n.pageheader .innercontainer {\n\n  padding-top: 10px;\n\n  padding-bottom: 10px;\n\n  padding-left: 10px;\n\n  padding-right: 10px;\n\n}<\/style>\n\n<style>\n.pageheader.blockcontainer {\n    min-height: 400px;\n}\n\n.pageheader p {\n    margin-bottom: 20px;\n    color: white;\n}\n\n.pageheader h1 {\n    color: white;\n    font-size: 48px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    width: 100%;\n    margin-bottom: 20px;\n    text-transform: none;\n    border-bottom: none;\n    margin-top: 20px;\n    line-height: 1;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class='pageheader'>\n    <div class=\"blockcontainer container\">\n\n        <div class=\"grid \"\n            style=\"text-align: left\">\n            <div class=\"col-12\">\n                <h1 class='header'>A Globetrotter Finds a Home<\/h1>                <!--  <div class=\"copy\">\n                                    <\/div> -->\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <script src=\"https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/asbury-methodist-village\/wp-content\/themes\/fountainsl\/blocks\/header\/script.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <!-- END: FountainSL\/Block: acf\/header -->\r\n        \n\n\r\n        <!-- START: FountainSL\/Block: acf\/breadcrumb -->\r\n        \r\n            <div class='breadcrumb'>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid breadCrumb\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n                <a href = 'https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/'>Home<\/a> &gt; <a href = 'https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/asbury-methodist-village\/'>Asbury Methodist Village<\/a> &gt; <a href = 'https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/asbury-methodist-village\/about\/'>About<\/a> &gt; <a href = 'https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/asbury-methodist-village\/about\/testimonials\/'>Testimonials<\/a> &gt; A Globetrotter Finds a Home\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <style>.breadcrumb{\n\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  width: 100%;\n  overflow: hidden;\n}.breadcrumb .blockcontainer {\n  margin-top: 10px;\n\n  margin-bottom: 10px;\n\n\n}\n\n.breadcrumb .innercontainer {\n\n  padding-top: 10px;\n\n  padding-bottom: 10px;\n\n  padding-left: 10px;\n\n  padding-right: 10px;\n\n}<\/style><\/div>\r\n        \r\n        <!-- END: FountainSL\/Block: acf\/breadcrumb -->\r\n        \n\n\r\n        <!-- START: FountainSL\/Block: acf\/imageandcopy -->\r\n        \r\n            \n<div class='imageandcopy imageandcopy-6a0206c3e6640' style=\"\">\n    <style>\n    @media screen and (min-width: 679px) {\n        #mediaImage6a0206c3e6fff {\n            height: 100%;\n            width: 100%;\n            margin: auto;\n        }\n    }\n\n        <\/style>\n    <div class=\"container\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\n        <div class=\"grid\">\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"col-md-6   imageLeft\">\n                                <div class=\"mediaImageWrap 6a0206c3e6fff\">\n                    <div id=\"mediaImage6a0206c3e6fff\" class=\"mediaImage  fade-in\"\n                        style=\"border-radius:8px; background-image:url('https:\/\/www.asbury.org\/asbury-methodist-village\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Sharon-Rudy-Large-e1732035619396.jpg'); \">\n\n\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"center caption\" style=\"color: \">\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"col-md-6 mediaContent\" style=\"\">\n                <!-- \n                                -->\n                <div class=\"contentwrapper \">\n\n\n                    <div class=\"maincopy\">\n                        <h2 class='header'>A Globetrotter Finds a Home<\/h2>                                                <div style=\"color : \">\n                            <p>After more than 35 years in global health and international development, Sharon Rudy has traveled the globe and met her share of world health leaders.<\/p>\n<p>While Dr. Anthony Fauci has millions of fans, few of those have worked with him as Sharon did in the 1980\u2019s during the AIDS epidemic. It was during her career and travels to 70-plus countries, that Sharon also met Mother Teresa.<\/p>\n<p>Recently retired from her role as Senior Global Health Director at the Public Health Institute, Sharon continues to consult on projects and leads her own coaching firm for global health leaders, TeamRudy \u2013 all from her new apartment at Asbury Methodist Village, where she moved in November of 2020.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>New direction for a new chapter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In August of that year, while recovering from knee replacement surgery and being basically debilitated by it, Sharon felt it was time to find a place where she could age well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI decided to do my relatives a favor and make the decision before they had to do it for me,\u201d says Sharon 70, who is single and has no children. \u201cI felt like the universe was calling me to Asbury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Living at Asbury has also provided insight on how to make this new chapter in her life matter. Being around people with shared experiences has helped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of giving up, it\u2019s really about understanding what this time of life is about,\u201d says Sharon. \u201cLiving here, you get help in figuring it out. It was a surprise to me. That is part of the culture of Asbury Methodist Village.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A \u201cjust right\u201d home<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After touring several apartments, Sharon landed on \u201cthe one.\u201d She likens finding her Park View terrace apartment to the children\u2019s fairy tale\u00a0<em>Goldilocks and the Three Bears<\/em>: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t too big. It wasn\u2019t too small.\u2026 I almost cried when I found it,\u201d she says of her \u201cjust right\u201d home.<\/p>\n<p>Her journey to Asbury was a quick one \u2014 just over three weeks after her initial tour of the community. Five years prior, looking to simplify her life, she had downsized and sold her large townhouse in Silver Spring and moved into a 350-square foot \u201ctiny house\u201d on wheels located on the property of a homeowner in Potomac.<\/p>\n<p>She spent three years in her tiny house continuing to direct multimillion-dollar, federally funded health projects and traveling frequently.<\/p>\n<p>Much of Sharon\u2019s career involved creating health-behavior change in African countries and using her communication skills in creative ways. While working for Johns Hopkins in Tanzania, she produced the country\u2019s most popular radio soap opera. Not only were the storylines compelling enough to bring in big ratings, but they also included messages about AIDS, family planning and more. She estimates she has visited more than 70 countries throughout her career.<\/p>\n<p>Touring Asbury during the COVID pandemic, Sharon was impressed with the community\u2019s precautions and felt very safe. \u201cEveryone was taking precautions, plus they were super-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just fell in love with the campus,\u201d she says. \u201cI wanted to retire in a university town and that\u2019s what it feels like living here \u2014 from the mature trees to the spacious campus. This is a community of very aware, insightful, people. 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