The latest in the Prayer Shawl stories continues with Dottie Ohe, our ULC/LCM secretary. She has been staying with a friend who has M.S. and is walker/wheel chair bound. Dottie’s prayer shawl was so attractive to her that she wanted one, too. Dottie reached out to Lynn, MaryAnn, and myself to ask about how to get one (you take one off the shelf and tell the story about where it’s going). Lynn happened to be knitting a shawl so she finished it up, put fringes on the ends and voila` she got the shawl to Dottie’s friend who loves is!
Our good friends of 8 years, discovered that the husband has a brain tumor, glioblastoma, it’s like melted butter on bread, so it is inoperable. I got a prayer shawl to him as soon as I heard the diagnosis. He is currently in a coma and at home with hospice. There is still hope for a miracle that God heals his brain and brings him back to us.
Jan Ramelot was unfortunately let go as a contracted worker from American Airlines. She went back to Michigan to visit her daughter during COVID 19 and had some time to knit 2 prayer shawls and her friend and neighbor saw what Jan was doing, and she crocheted one for Jan to bring back with her when she came to Tempe to clean out her apartment. We will miss Jan’s voice in choir and her delightful conversations during coffee, but she knows she is always welcome back here for a visit or to live and return to our community of worshipers and knitters! Thanks for the recent contributions.
I have it on good authority that someone was looking for something to do that was constructive and is teaching himself to knit! Anyone, any age is welcome to the instruction books and supplies to do the same!
Lori Zurcher