Who knows where these contacts with old colleagues will lead us?   This one discovered as I attempted to learn more about how Kelapa Dua was selected as a project. Connie had directed me also to Pak The, but I didn’t reach him, and now it is too late.   I will read Connie’s memoir and then donate it to the ICA library and add it to the addendum of the Chronological History of EI and ICA.    

 

Lynda 

 

From: Deborah Connie Reemtsma <reemtsmadc@aol.com>
Date: Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 9:27 PM
To: Lynda Cock <Lynda860@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: Pak The & Kelapa Dua

 

Hi Lynda,

 

I will send you a copy of Unspeakable Joy: a memoir some time next week. It's also available as ebook and paperback on Amazon.com.

It will take a while before the second memoir gets published. But surely I will let you know when that happens.

 

It was true I was instrumental in the set up of Kelapa Dua. However  I regret  playing that role of a key person. But I have been forgiven. I am at peace. Because of my current circumstances--writing my second memoir--

I won't be of much help to you. So I am happy you have Sherwood and Eunice Shankland who could give you all the info you want to have.

 

Let's keep in touch. Warm regards to John.

Connie

 

 

 

 

 

Deborah Connie Reemtsma
reemtsmadc@aol.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lynda C <Lynda860@outlook.com>
To: Deborah Connie Reemtsma <reemtsmadc@aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 3, 2018 8:17 am
Subject: Re: Pak The & Kelapa Dua

Connie and Tom, We thoroughly understand.  We hope you’ll let us know when your book is out.

 

Sounds like we could already get Unspeakable Joy.  Where is it available? We all could use your book on aging and dying.   With care and gratitude for all you did to get the projects set up.  You obviously were a key person. 

 

Lynda and John Cock

 

From: Deborah Connie Reemtsma <reemtsmadc@aol.com>
Date: Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 7:11 AM
To: Sherwood & Eunice Shankland <sherwoodshankland@comcast.net>, Lynda Cock <Lynda860@outlook.com>
Subject: Pak The & Kelapa Dua

 

 

 

Good to get news from you about Pak The and Kelapa Dua via Linda Cock, Sherwood. Thanks.

 

I lost touched with Kelapa Dua and ICA Jakarta completely. 

Since I left Indonesia in 1977 I have taken another path. Now at 86 I am deeply involved with writing my second memoir. In Unspeakable Joy I mentioned briefly about what Kelapa Dua has meant to me. The second one is about 'aging and dying'. I'm not sure what I finally will call it. Currently I call it Ecstatic Love. I am devoting the rest of my life to get it done. In order to do this I must let go of other

demands. I enjoy this opportunity immensely and I am deeply grateful.

 

Warm regards, Connie









Deborah Connie Reemtsma
reemtsmadc@aol.com