[Oe List ...] FW: Story of Denver Religious House

[Sunny Walker]

That below its a booboo - probably my fingers trying to type what my mouth felt as it watered thinking of other Order feasts.

Sunny Walker <sunwalker at comcast.net> wrote:
>I MMM j
>
>Gail West <icataiw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>What fun, Lynda.  Thank you for the story!
>>
>>Gail
>>
>>
>>On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Lynda Cock <llc860 at triad.rr.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> ** ************
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Story of ****Denver**** Religious House****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> We learned to live simply in Religious Houses.  We needed people out
>>on
>>> the road recruiting courses, raising money, setting up programs, and
>>> working with communities, so as few people as possible were assigned
>>to get
>>> real jobs to pay the bills.  Sometimes that meant that our food
>>budget
>>> provided only rather basic foods.  We worked hard, but there was
>also
>>a
>>> dynamic of celebration that seemed to magically appear from time to
>>time.
>>> ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Dear Guardian Lee Sugg was helping watch over us when he won a $1000
>>> grocery buying spree in a local store contest and presented it to
>the
>>> Denver House.  Some of us old skinflints thought of a whole year's
>>worth of
>>> oatmeal or grits, but our always-hungry-youth saw this as a special
>>gift
>>> that should be honored by also getting special treats.  With a
>little
>>help,
>>> they cased the grocery store to find out some key luxury items that
>>would
>>> add a little zip to the daily fare.  Special requests were for good
>>cuts of
>>> meat and seafood that we could freeze.    ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> I can't recall the exact details, but I think we could have four
>>persons
>>> with a cart or carts going in different directions in a maybe 20
>>minute
>>> time span.  Whatever we could get in those carts up to $1000 was our
>>> take-home prize.  I recall that it was after the store had closed so
>>the
>>> aisles were all ours to race in without interference.  Our fastest
>>runners (Larry
>>> Hamje was one) were the designated shoppers with the rest of us
>>cheering
>>> from the sidelines and pointing the way to things we thought should
>>be in
>>> the carts.  The store manager was the announcer over the speaker
>>system
>>> giving us the On Your Mark, Get Set, and GO signals, as well as
>>calling out
>>> the remaining time.  I don't recall how we came out money wise, but
>I
>>> recall it was close and we were breathing deeply as the cash
>register
>>rang
>>> up sub-totals.  What a grand time we had loading up Lee's pick-up
>and
>>> heading back to the house to sort through those bags and bags of
>>> groceries.   What a great party we had with some of the special
>>cheeses and
>>> meats and fruits that we picked up.  I think Martha Lee Sugg also
>>bought
>>> some good wine soda to go with our goodies.  What wonderful food we
>>enjoyed
>>> from the pantry and freezer for many months. ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Thank you to all the magicians in our corporate lives who knew the
>>needed
>>> dynamics of a winning team.  ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> This memory was sparked by finding a photo of Lee Sugg being
>>presented the
>>> winning ticket for the shopping spree which I am passing on to
>Martha
>>Lee.  Someone
>>> probably has a photo of the truck load of groceries and may have
>>> corrections or additions to this story.      ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Lynda Cock****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
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>>
>>
>>-- 
>>*Gail West, ICA*
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