[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] The old Order passing away

[mhampton at att.net]

please keep me posted on time and address.

Thanks,

mary




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From: "jonzondo at juno.com" <jonzondo at juno.com>
To: oe at lists.wedgeblade.net
Sent: Thu, September 27, 2012 2:43:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] The old Order passing away


My mother, her parents, and her 2 sisters were in the Philippines when WWII 
broke out.  They hid in the jungles there for over 2 years.  sometimes they were 
betrayed and had to leave their hideouts with very little warning.  the were 
also befriended by many.  Hence the title of my Grandfather's book, "Betrayed 
and Befriended" by James F. McKinley.  Yes, they were rescued by the Narwhal, a 
submarine, and were all taken to Australia.  After WWII, they returned to the 
Philippines where my grandparents continued their missionary work with United 
Church of Christ.  I think that Debra and I have extra copies in storage.  I 
will try to find out how many we still have... I still have one in my room. 
It is heartening and joyful to hear these stories about my mother.  I did not 
know her the way that others did.  She did not tell stories about herself very 
often (except for historical ones)... so some of her actions are only known by 
those that received them.
We are setting up her memorial service on Sunday October 21st in The Woodlands, 
TX at the Presbyterian Church.
Thank you to everyone for your reflections.  Again, they are appreciated.
Love, 
Jon Mark, son of Ellery

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From: LAURELCG at aol.com
To: oe at lists.wedgeblade.net
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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:39:12 -0400 (EDT)

In the San Francisco House, 1970-71, Ellery acquired some bamboo poles and 
taught the kids a Philippino game kind of like jump rope, but jumping between 
the poles as they were clapped together in rhythm. She was very good at it.

I believe she and her parents didn't get  evacuated for 2 or 3 years after the 
war broke out. They were hidden from the occupying Japanese army by local 
folks in the crawl space under the house until smuggled out on a submarine and 
taken to Ayers Rock (?) in Australia. Maybe Jon can elaborate. I believe her 
father wrote a book about it.

I feel privileged to have been acquainted with these two heroines.

Jann McGuire  

In a message dated 9/26/2012 8:02:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dpat23 at msn.com 
writes:
I remember Ellery's talking about having lived in the Philippines as a high 
school girl. (Her dad was a missionary and they were evacuated when WWII broke 
out.)  When she  was assigned to Manila, she thought the Tagalog language she 
had been fluent in would come back to her fairly easily. She was very frustrated 
to find that it was gone and not coming back. About 6 months in to her 
assignment, she had been doing development in Manila and was exhausted. She got 
on the bus to go home and wanted nothing much more than a good nap. But the 
women just behind her would not let that happen. They kept yammering away about 
the most stupid and trivial things: their kids and their squabbles, the troubles 
in their marriages, and other nonsense. Ellery was furious; why couldn't these 
women shut up and let her sleep? 

>Suddenly, she realized that the women were speaking Tagalog and she was 
>understanding every word.  She was so tired that she had lost all her 
>inhibitions and the Tagalog that lay just beneath her conscious mind came out. 
>So from then on, she both understood and spoke Tagalog fluently.
>She had a great time telling this story  on herself.
>Pat
>
>
>
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From: sunwalker at comcast.net
>To: dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net; oe at lists.wedgeblade.net
>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:49:46 -0600
>Subject: [Dialogue] The old Order passing away
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>First, a reflection on Ellery – as a young and inexperienced Global Prior, 
>Ellery was one of the ones who was gracious enough to let me learn from my 
>mistakes without rancor and yet with continued nourishing support. Just her face 
>was a human support mechanism. She spiritually nourished me and we rarely even 
>spoke. And with mortality on my mind as so many saints are called home, knowing 
>you have gone with God, I will let go a bit of the anticipation of my own 
>return.
> 
>For Carol, while there are many, many memories: one that popped to the top was 
>the time we were at the IERD in Delhi and had boarded the VERY tiny elevator on 
>the top floor (about the 22nd as I recall) of the hotel where we were housed. We 
>pushed the button for the ground floor and about a third of the way down, the 
>elevator shuddered to a stop and the door opened…on a brick wall. Well, I was a 
>little claustrophobic and unaware that Carol was extremely claustrophobic. That 
>hour waiting to be rescued (it could have been 15 minutes, but seemed like 
>SEVERAL hours) was revealing of the wondrous woman of steel (Superman move over) 
>who kept us breathing and laughing to avoid injuring ourselves in the mad panic 
>of fear that sets in when you MUST get OUT and you cannot. Clearly our 
>circumstances were not our problem. While in “Heaven,” do a few cartwheels for 
>me, my dear, as I know we both would enjoy them.
> 
>Sunny
> 
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