[Oe List ...] Salmon: Jean Long, I'm impressed

[William Salmon]

Jean Long, you continue to nurture and amaze me all at the same time. What a beautiful thing you've done and are doing. If we could affort to leave Salina and go to Denver, I'd do it, but we couldn't affort the $280.00. Bev's family home that we inherited is the equity on which we live and have the freedom to give ourselves away in the publications nurtured at the feet of the E.I./ICA and the lifestyle of OE. 
    You make me very proud. Thanks!
    Bill Salmon
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jean Long 
  To: Order Ecumenical Community 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:37 PM
  Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Why move?


  Dear Pam -

  When I heard that you and Terry had moved into 4750 again, I figured there were several reasons - but the main one was that you wanted the simple lifestyle again - and moving back to Kemper could help finance the building.  Your "it's not me" realization really spoke to me.

  My "not me-ness" was articulated after I retired and had a hefty pension to relate to.  My "aha" was that I was not a good rich person.  I could have kept the pension for the time when I would go into a nursing home at 3000.00 a month - and it would have lasted two years.  I wanted to spend it on things that meant a lot to me -- things that would underwrite new Order strategies.  As the mystery would have it, I spent a weekend with John and Lynda Cock as The Profound Journey was at a stage where we could do a demonstration.  ....and we did - here in Denver with no worries about the financing of it.   The two year journey of that program has been worth every penny that I had the privilege of providing.      

  Another chunk went to take Paula, Nelson and Elaine with me to visit India after 30 years.  Oh how I have enjoyed giving my pension away!

  Through mysterious moves in my life, I have discovered an apt. building for retired educators.  I will be paying 280.00 for a tiny buffet with balcony - just my style.  If I were in Chicago I would join you at Kemper except that my budget could not afford it.  

  The mystery continues to move through our lives doesn't it?

  with respect to you both,
  jean in denver


  2010/4/26 Pamela Bergdall <pbergdall2 at yahoo.com>

    Most of you probably already know that Terry and I moved to the 8th floor of the "Kemper" building on February 21st.  A couple of weeks after making the move, I sent out this witness on the Earthrise to try to explain why I moved.  Some of you have already seen this, but I wanted others to know as well.   As an uptdate I want to say that I am still glad we made the move and I am very excited and hopeful about the future.  I am also taking some of my inspiration from Pete Seager, whom we saw in the documentary "Pete Seager: The Power of Song", which we saw with Jim and Karen Troxel recently.



     



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