Day 109: Praying for those who respond to God’s call to officership (1982)

Join with Salvationists of the Wales Division for day 109 of 150 days of prayer.

• 'I will thank the Lord with a loud voice! I will praise him, in front of a big crowd of people. He stands beside poor people, and he is ready to help them… So I will praise the Lord' (Psalm 109:30 and 31, EasyEnglish Bible). 

1982

On 25 June 1982 Brigadier Ivy Roberts (née Lewis) was promoted to Glory. She originated from Dinas Rhondda and left Cardiff 5 to enter training at 24 years of age. A romantic friendship with a young officer came to nothing. However, she found love, and married six years into her retirement. She packed a lot into the intervening years, as shown by the following list of appointments provided by the International Heritage Centre:

• 1935 London
• 1938 Southsea
• 1939 Southampton
• 1942 Bradninch
• 1944 Edinburgh
• 1946 Cardiff
• 1948 Dundee
• 1949 Cheltenham
• 1949 Sheffield
• 1950 London
• 1950 Johannesburg (Women’s Hostel)
• 1951 Johannesburg (Boys’ Home)
• 1952 Johannesburg (Girls’ Home)
• 1954 Johannesburg (Unmarried mothers’ Home)? Inglenook
• 1958 Buxton
• 1959 Bristol
• 1960 London (Employment Agency) 
• 1961 London (Children’s Home)
• 1962 Liverpool
• 1967 Brighton (Hassocks)
• 1970 Retirement

Prayer

• Pray for the officers you know. Maybe take time to send them a text, email or hand-written card telling them that you prayed for them on this day.