[Oe List ...] FW: [Dialogue] Fwd: Vance

[Harry Wainwright]

Colleagues,

 

The following is from Bob Rafos.

 

Peace,

Harry

 

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From: "Robert Rafos" <rafos at sympatico.ca>
Date: November 9, 2005 9:08:14 PM EST
To: "Sandra L. Rafos" <rafos at interlog.com>
Subject: Vance

It has been good to read all of the testimonials to Vance.  Sandra and I
want to add our memory.  Back in 1969/70 we joined with Charles Lingo,
Vance, Ray Spencer, Jonathan and Janeen Barker and Carol and George Walters
on a 3 month trek in India/Sri Lanka and Pakistan.  This was a follow up to
the Singapore ITI and was intended to be a teaching trek of RS-1/PLC/RSIIIA
and Imaginal Ed.  The leader was Charles, who was often in dispute with
Vance. 
 
For Sandra and I, we were extremely green relative to world travel, as we
had never been out of the Eastern half of the US.  Often the team was split
into three groups and we were frequently paired up with Vance for extended
periods of time and travel.  He took us under his wing and helped us through
the new cultures and customs with insight and a sense of adventure.  Like
Pat Tuecke, we marveled at his colorful board work in any lecture that he
was giving.  He was continuously on the prowl in the most unusual places for
a new broom to add to his collection. 
 
We traveled by bus, plane and train from the Himalayas to the Equator and we
always felt cared for and nurtured. 
 
His strongest craving revealed itself as we spent several very hot days in
Poona, attempting to set up courses or find illusive graduates of the ITI.
Each evening we would go to dinner at the same restaurant next to the hostel
we were staying in.  Each evening Vance would order a Coke with a large
glass of iiiice.  He really knew how to exaggerate the word ice.  Each
evening the waiter would give the Indian head shake of understanding, and
return with a glass of warm Coke with one rapidly melting lone ice cube.
He preserved but always got the same result, and it added to the evenings
entertainment. 
 
Vance, you will be missed but not forgotten. 
 
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

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