URBANDALE, Iowa ( KCCI ) -- Kent Proudfit, a retired resident of Urbandale, has become a beloved figure among morning commuters by waving and offering well wishes at the intersection of 142nd Street and Meredith Drive most weekday mornings.

"They kind of look for me if I'm not catching all four corners, which is hard to do. You got to be like a swivel head," Proudfit said.

He calls his routine his "walking and waving ministry."

He lives just a mile down the road. Each morning, he leaves his house around 5:30 a.m. and waves for three hours until the morning rush is over.

"Kind of gives me more of a purpose in life," Proudfit said.

He's been taking morning walks for a while and says whenever he'd hear a car, he'd always turn around and wave. That's when he got his bright idea.

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