Busy Ministry Day

Yesterday was a busy day. I spent the day with Mark, as is the plan for the first three weeks, and we started out the day meeting a young couple to plan the baptism of their new baby this Sunday at church, and to discuss the importance of baptism and bringing up their young son in the Christian faith. After that, it was on to a nursing home where we offered communion to a woman who has just moved there after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. She is no longer able to care for herself at home, so she is living in a nursing facility that is close to where her daughter works. She was in very good spirits, though, because her sister from Iowa was there and she seemed to make the woman feel much better. After lunch we headed to another church to conduct a burial service for an infant that had died only a few hours after birth. I felt sorry for the people that attended that burial. You could see the confusion in their eyes, wondering why this young child was not able to live. That one is still in God's hands, and we still see through the glass dimly. After the burial we headed to yet another town to pick up some supplies. One day, four visits, in four separate towns. Welcome to rural ministry! Blogged by Don.