Saturday, Adrian (one of our bible college students) and I visited a bedridden woman. She has diabetes and is morbidly obese so she cannot leave the hospital bed set up in her home. She told us a sad story of her drug addicted son who was beaten to death by his friends behind a local tavern two weeks ago. We read her words of comfort and prayed with her.
Tuesday night I went visiting with my deacon Luis. We visited an elderly man who has been suffering form cancer. I never realized the loneliness suffered by some cancer patients. The elderly man is Felipe Soto, a retired government worker who has been attending our church for the last two months. He was in the hospital for 4 days undergoing chemotherapy and was all alone the whole time. He was very glad to pass a Tuesday evening studying the bible with us.
Wednesday morning I went visiting with our Adult Sunday School teacher, Miguel Nieves. We visited Miguel's cousin, a woman who has suffered much loss. She just lost her father, her pregnant daughter died from abuse and this woman had just got out of the hospital after having colon cancer surgery. We counseled and prayed for her and her mother who was present during our visit.
Three sad people full of pain and loneliness, but they all were much better for having spent time studying the greatest source of comfort, God's word and praying to One who cares for our suffering. I have spent a lot of last week holding the hands of people passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. I am touched by their grief, but glad to have brought them some light and hope.
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