The Harris County, TX Sherriff’s Office held a prayer vigil last week for one of their deputies who was diagnosed with COVID-19, Click 2 Houston reports.
Sgt. Raymond Scholwinski is a 26-year veteran of the Sherriff’s Office and is in the ICU. Scholwinski, 70, works precinct 2 in Humble and is one of 30 members of the department who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Lt. Shannon Bowdoin, the Sherriff’s Office Chaplain, prayed, “Father, we come to You now, and I come to you in the name of Jesus, and I ask you, Father, to touch this family. I especially ask you right now Lord, to reach down into that hospital room where Ray is…and by Your sovereign strength, power, and authority, will You touch every cell of his body?”
Bowdoin noted in his prayer that the time of Passover had begun and prayed, “Father, bless each of us with Your presence. Let each of us know that You have never left us nor forsaken us and on this Passover day that we would see death pass us over.”
Dozens from the Sherriff’s Department stood outside the patrol vehicles with their hands lifted during the prayer. Members of Sgt. Scholwinski’s family joined them, with everyone wearing masks and standing “an appropriate distance from each other.”
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters that the Department is “continuing to work closely with the family just to make sure he has the best care…
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