Her ministrations turned into caresses and they became lovers. Billy is rendered impotent by the milk, infantilized by Cheryl's inappropriate and inimical ministrations. However, according to Kristina Myrvold, these rituals are a daily means of "merit bestowing ministrations". Their main external work was preaching and spiritual ministrations among the poor. That evening the Church offered its ministrations and Mikhailov made his confession. Yearning for familiar ministrations, Kasturba asked to see an Ayurvedic doctor. They embarked on ministrations in schools, winning souls in the Western Region and its environs. Charles regains lucidity, aided by the ministrations of the Duchess of Avon. In the evening before the execution the Church offered its ministrations. But the ministrations of the stalwarts do not quite save the day. Raja is severely ill with tuberculosis and is left to Bim's ministrations. No one comes into the world or goes out of it without his ministrations. The 1980s were a decade of Western economic ministrations.