Deaconess visits

Sometimes we do not know exactly what our church deaconesses do through out the year. We know that they help with communion services and then what?

Well, this week I found out that two people were visited by two women from Orchard City SDA church.

Beth Brown with cute little cuddly bear.

Beth Brown used to come to Orchard City SDA church on a very regular basis until lately when her aches and pains got to be a few too many.

She lives at Cottonwoods Extended Care in Kelowna. The nurses and workers there find her to be friendly and gentle. They like her and treat her really nicely.

When Don, Tyler, Amanda and I went to see her this evening she had a purple Purdy's box under her little tree and this cute little bear on the bed by her pillow. It warmed my heart to know she had had some visitors from church come by to see her. (I also saw again the bright medal on a red ribbon given to Beth by Gay M. when she went to visit Beth. There is an interesting story behind the medal and maybe one day Gay will send her stories in to us to read about).

Thank you so much for caring for Beth.

Beautiful plant box for Karen.

On Christmas Eve, Don and I called up to see if it was OK to visit Karen and Dave E. for a short while. Even though Karen is recovering from a major surgery, they were gracious and friendly host and hostess. I spied this beautiful plant while we were there and was told that Jerrie Lou and Loretta had been by. It is so nice to see and hear about these visits that happen and often we know nothing about them.

Thank you so very much, ladies who visit and bring nice surprises to people who are sick or hospitalized.

Sometimes we do not know that a church member has been sick or is in the hospital. Please, friends and family, let others know that your loved one is not well and we will make sure to keep them in our prayers and they most likely will get a nice visit from the deaconesses, too.

Let us all remember that a prayer and a visit mean an awful lot to friends that are sick or lonely.