<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello Roxana,<div><br></div><div>Jim and I are grieving with you and your dear family at this moment.</div><div><br></div><div>We remember Gordon with such gratitude that our lives were touched by his grace and humanity, in so many different contexts. Maliwada and Singapore are extremely poignant. </div><div><br></div><div>Rest in peace, Gordon, and journey on.</div><div><br></div><div>with our love,</div><div><br></div><div>Isobel and Jim Bishop. <br><div><div>On 10/02/2016, at 2:20 AM, Roxana Harper via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote;</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Dear family, friends and colleagues,</font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">It is with heavy heat that I write you of Gordon's death yesterday, February 8, around 6:30 PM. His leukemia took fierce hold of him this past Thursday and quickly ran its course. He was not in pain but continued his labored breathing for life until he could no longer resist.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Geoff, Stu, Elena and I will be planning his memorial service at Seattle First Baptist Church in the coming days and will send you specific information as soon as possible.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Grace, peace, and love,</font></div><div><font size="4">Roxana</font></div><div><font size="4"><br clear="all"></font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><i>"It seems to me that I have greater peace and am close to God when I am not "trying to be a contemplative," or trying to be anything special, but simply orienting my life fully and completely towards what seems to be required of a person like me at a time like this."</i><div>-- Thomas Merton</div></div></div>
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