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Baptism wish fulfilled at hospital
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Pastor Jeff Kesley of Campaign Church of God performed the brief ceremony in a hospital therapy tub.
Saint Thomas River Park Hospital has fulfilled a terminally ill patient’s desire to be baptized.Pastor Jeff Kesley of Campaign Church of God performed the brief ceremony in a hospital therapy tub. Kesley and the hospital have both declined to identify the elderly woman out of privacy concerns, but Kesley told the Standard the baptism was emotional.“This is such a touching story,” said Kesley. “Without a miracle from the Lord, medically speaking, she’s not looking at a lot of time left.