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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Colleagues of the ICA.; O:E EI,
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Many thanks to all of you for
greetings received and treasured!! This has been quite a year - and more.
Some "important" doctor" a couple of years ago, decided he could return my eye
sight to its pristine state. For two years I suffered his shots in the retina
with all their accompaying "joys" of being unable to read. This year I
said "That's enough!" My eyes are worse than they have ever been. And now,
five months later, I am able to read a little without the lines converging, etc.
Hallelujah! Then in July Bill went in for a difficult but no too unusual
operation: the removal of agrowth that had woven itself into a corner of his
colon. Four hours later, the doctor announces it was successful and he could go
home. But when he tried to get out of bed he couldn't move his left
leg. He spent six weeks in hospital with attempts to "fix" it.
He is much better now but still not able to walk without a"walker" (Old term for
it!) The weather has been severe on all the kids, but all are OK at
the moment. SOOO</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I am rejoicing in the memories
many of you have sent of some other rather dire days we knew on the West
Side of Chicago and a few other places we spread to since 1966. And tho' there
have been many things for us, for our kids and the Order that I wish had not
happened; I give thanks for the global outlook and concern that have
resulted. The seeds sewn continue to sprout in unexpected but eye-opening
ways here and around the world.(They make you smile, don't they, the
growing adea that education should be for life in the future buillding on
learnings from the past; that all nations and all religions have a base of
goodness much needed in the world. I am reminded of many things, but will share
just one. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> When I was assigned to Korea as
a missiionary in 1953. I had been teaching a SS class in the Church of All
Nations in Toronto. My students were from many nations:Africe, S America, China,
Japan, Native Canadians, Europeans. When they heard I was assigned to go to
Korea, they wanted to give me a gift. One girl said, "She'd better
take a gun; Let's get her a gun!" But a child who knew what
missionaries are about said, " Missionaries don't carry guns!! They take
Bibles!" They got me one and tho' it is pretty tattered, I read it every day.
No, that's not true: I read "The Message" every day.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Thank you all for birthday
greetings and memories. They are a treasure indeed!</FONT></DIV>
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Grace and peace still abound,</FONT></DIV>
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Nan/Nancy
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