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Ryan Schall
“Here’s the prayer, y’all.”
Ryan Schall wants to make sure his listeners know what is coming, so he
usually prefaces his prayers in classes and worship services with that call to
attention. He loves to pray, share his testimony, do the work of a deacon at
church, and participate in community activities. Quite a challenge for the forty-
year old Ryan, who is brain damaged and legally blind from injuries he
received in a one-car accident.
During his sophomore year at Graceland College (now Graceland University)
a car in which he was a passenger went off a curve and rolled over several
times. The driver and another passenger were not seriously hurt. Among other things, Ryan’s injuries
affected his short-term memory. His long-term memory is more complete. He likely would not remember
with whom he was talking after a few minutes, but he can remember persons and events of several years
ago, especially his family and his friends from his college days.
“He has made progress since his accident, from being a child again to almost his actual age,” says
Maxine Schall, his adoptive mother. “He has a long way to go.”
Ryan lives in a house with another person who is disabled. Staff are with them all the time in rotating shifts
at the house and away.
Ryan likes to keep busy and is enthusiastic about all that he does. He has rung the bell for the Salvation
Army during the Christmas season. He is a member of the YMCA and enrolled in its 500-mile walking club
with 113 miles to his credit. He is employed through Arc of the Ozarks and has two jobs. One is cleaning
hallways in an apartment building.
“The manager is always amazed at how thoroughly and well Ryan does his work,” says Maxine.
He also sorts and stacks hangers at a uniform laundry.
“I put up 41 caddies last week,” he often announces proudly at church. A caddy is 50 hangers.
Ryan enjoys going to a camp for persons with brain injuries held every summer at Lake of the Ozarks and
to church camps and reunions.
“He has had a difficult time understanding why he hasn’t been able to go to church camps this year,” [2008]
says Maxine. The church campgrounds at Racine, Missouri were destroyed by a tornado on May 10, 2008.
At Chapel for Peace he attends one of the adult Sunday school classes and the Wednesday evening Bible
studies classes and actively participates in the discussions. After the Sunday morning worship services
he walks around the sanctuary picking up left-behind bulletins. He also walks to the classrooms and sees
that the doors are closed and locked. For his dedicated service he was awarded the title Honorary Deacon
and given a badge with his name and title engraved.
Ryan Schall
“Here’s the prayer, y’all.”
Ryan Schall wants to make sure his listeners know what is coming, so he
usually prefaces his prayers in classes and worship services with that call to
attention. He loves to pray, share his testimony, do the work of a deacon at
church, and participate in community activities. Quite a challenge for the forty-
year old Ryan, who is brain damaged and legally blind from injuries he
received in a one-car accident.
During his sophomore year at Graceland College (now Graceland University)
a car in which he was a passenger went off a curve and rolled over several
times. The driver and another passenger were not seriously hurt. Among other things, Ryan’s injuries
affected his short-term memory. His long-term memory is more complete. He likely would not remember
with whom he was talking after a few minutes, but he can remember persons and events of several years
ago, especially his family and his friends from his college days.
“He has made progress since his accident, from being a child again to almost his actual age,” says
Maxine Schall, his adoptive mother. “He has a long way to go.”
Ryan lives in a house with another person who is disabled. Staff are with them all the time in rotating shifts
at the house and away.
Ryan likes to keep busy and is enthusiastic about all that he does. He has rung the bell for the Salvation
Army during the Christmas season. He is a member of the YMCA and enrolled in its 500-mile walking club
with 113 miles to his credit. He is employed through Arc of the Ozarks and has two jobs. One is cleaning
hallways in an apartment building.
“The manager is always amazed at how thoroughly and well Ryan does his work,” says Maxine.
He also sorts and stacks hangers at a uniform laundry.
“I put up 41 caddies last week,” he often announces proudly at church. A caddy is 50 hangers.
Ryan enjoys going to a camp for persons with brain injuries held every summer at Lake of the Ozarks and
to church camps and reunions.
“He has had a difficult time understanding why he hasn’t been able to go to church camps this year,” [2008]
says Maxine. The church campgrounds at Racine, Missouri were destroyed by a tornado on May 10, 2008.
At Chapel for Peace he attends one of the adult Sunday school classes and the Wednesday evening Bible
studies classes and actively participates in the discussions. After the Sunday morning worship services
he walks around the sanctuary picking up left-behind bulletins. He also walks to the classrooms and sees
that the doors are closed and locked. For his dedicated service he was awarded the title Honorary Deacon
and given a badge with his name and title engraved.
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