[Magdalen] October status

[Marion Thompson]

Prayers ascending, Cady.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 10/21/2015 12:41 PM, cady soukup wrote:
> Dear ones,
>
> I did not "win the lottery" for a ticket to the Presiding Bishop-Elect
> Michael Curry event. Some favorite times have been meeting list sibs
> at the National Cathedral for various events. Disappointed to miss it.
>
> Prayers for comfort for my father Alan Soukup requested. My father's
> health has been declining. At 92, he has not only slowed down but
> nearly stopped - just in time to miss his Honor Flight (as a WWII Navy
> Veteran, deployed on a mine sweeper in the Pacific) to Washington, DC.
> He is no longer able to live at home under my brother's loving care.
> He has a space in a VA home, but is not currently well enough to be
> transferred.
>
> Prayers for thanksgiving for my mother-in-law Shirley Grover. Her
> health has been declining. She had a blood clot in her femoral artery
> and refused to have it treated. Her children and grandchildren were
> all notified, some visits, many phone calls & packages, she received a
> lot of attention. She has rallied and her spirits and health have
> improved. We are amazing creatures!
>
> Prayers for the rector search for Trinity Episcopal Church,
> Washington, VA. We have a good interim rector, Bill Queen from
> Richmond, VA, thank you to the hard work Michael Mahoney put in as the
> Senior Warden last year. There is a lot yet to do. May our rural
> parish continue to do well in a very small county where the only
> demographic increase is "young" retired people.
>
> Finally, prayers of encouragement and discernment for my daughter
> Samantha Landrum. She returns home in November from far northern
> Arizona, where she has been working at Lees Ferry Lodge for almost 2
> years. She is mostly recovered from her disastrous first semester at
> college (during which a very evil thing happened to her, shattering
> her sense of self and self worth). She may stay in Virginia rather
> than return to Arizona. A mother can only hope and pray for the best.
>
> Thank you all,
>
> hugs too - Cady
> .
>