[Magdalen] Prayer Request - Roland a\nd Shirley Orr

[Grace Cangialosi]

That is sad news, indeed. I have fond memories of his visit here to your Civil War sites and attend a CW symposium. He came to church with me in Madison, and I took him to meet a couple of folks in Brandy Station who gave him a tour of the battlefield there. They had a chair once owned by R. E. Lee, and I took a picture of Roland sitting in it... 

> On Jul 1, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> O received the following message from Roland's Vicar just now and have assured her that I would pass on the prayer request.  It does not sound a good situation at all.
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> "For the last month Roly's wife, Shirley, has been in hospital, after a nervous breakdown. His family have arranged for him to have carers in to help him wash and dress each morning and get to bed at night, and he has meals delivered, with friends from church popping in for company.
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> Roly doesn't answer the phone, but will sometimes listen if someone leaves a message, so it's hard to contact him except at weekends when often one of the family will come to stay.
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> Shirley is likely to be staying in hospital until September, but the experts say she does not have dementia and are hoping she will make a good recovery. At the moment she is not ready to have any visitors, and is still very anxious and unable to make any decisions."
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> Roger