[Oe List ...] Another Time article

Wed Aug 10 20:11:22 EDT 2011

Dear Collegues,

I can fill in a gap or two about funds and permeation income.  Mid 1975,
while we were in Amarillo, TX, Fred was assigned to get a job in one of the
HDP locations, he quickly received an offer from the University of Nairobi.
Then we were told to try another location because of the Barclay Bank grant
that was coming to Kawangware and there was no need for our income there.
Fred was wise and turned down the initial offer from the university AND
asked that he be kept in the loop if another job opened up later on.  Then
on December 16th, 1975, we received a call with our re-assignment to
Nairobi, and a reminder to come into Chicago for the Priors meeting on the
19th, raise our own FUNDS for our first trip overseas, and leave from New
York for our African adventure.  We packed up our 2 suitcases worth of
stuff, arrived in Chicago to say goodby to our 2 sons, Bob and Bruce in the
student house and leave our daughter Sandy in the arms and home of her
friend, Lori Haman.  (There is another whole story about a family meeting on
the 4th floor of the Kemper building but it won't be told here).

We did raise all of our travel money and reached Nairobi on January 12th,
1976.  To our surprise the day after reaching Kawangware, John Rupert Barnes
suggested to Fred that they take a short cut and visit the University and
meet Donald Thomas who had helped Fred get the initial job offer. They
walked for what felt like "MILES" ... !  John Rupert introduced Fred to
Donald and then another man who walked into the room.  That other man looked
at Fred when he heard his name and said, "aren't you the person that was
offered the job a few months back?" OF course he was .... Fred asked if that
job was still available ....he started work 2 weeks later.

The other part of the story includes monies being paid to us.  During the
time of Fred's employment process which you will notice happened in Kenya,
he was sent to the finance office.  The man sitting there said, "I imagine
you want to be reimbursed for your travel?"  "Oh yes", said Fred.  "Are your
children coming?"  The University of Nairobi not only paid for Sandra (age
8) to come from Chicago to Nairobi, they paid for the boys to each come for
their HDP (9th grade) experience. They also provided tickets for Fred and me
to take a round trip to the States every other year. That happen twice
during our 4 1/2 years in Kenya.  I guess I got a bit carried away with the
details of this story.  However, each of us raising our travel funds was a
form of funding that we did for ourselves, as the Order. Our children were
also fortunate to have the Order support during their college years.  Thank
you.

What rich conversations we have over the internet and through the
listserve.  They tap our memory and challenge us re: the future.  Let's keep
talking!

In community,

Nancy

2011/8/10 Charles or Doris Hahn <cdhahn at flash.net>

> Re the Travel Fund: When we arrived in 1964 we were sending two couples
> each year on a research trip to one of our global grid "Geo-Social
> Contininents.  I cannot remember who went where except for a very few:
> Mathews & ? to Aftica,  ? & ? to Europe, Hahns and Pierces to NAME(North
> Aftica and Middle East) in '66, and Addingtons & ? to Latin America in '67.
> I think that ended it.  As I recall we were urged to raise our airfair, and
> we raised a big piece of that from Doris' mother.  It seems to me that the
> other expenses were paid for some other way (? Funds).  Perhaps someone else
> can fill in any gaps.
> Charles Hahn
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Elizabeth Caperton <ecaperton at bellsouth.net>
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>
> *Sent:* Wed, August 10, 2011 8:37:20 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Another Time article
>
> It looks like my comment was misunderstood.  I should have added LOL after
> it.  I was teasing us.
>
> Elsa, I know of many who did use the education fund.  Sorry if I brought up
> hurt feelings.
>
>
>  On Aug 10, 2011, at 8:31 AM, E B wrote:
>
>   or did any of our children benefited from the "college fund"?
> Elsa Batica
>
> --- On *Tue, 8/9/11, Elizabeth Caperton <ecaperton at bellsouth.net>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Elizabeth Caperton <ecaperton at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Another Time article
> To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <oe at wedgeblade.net>
> Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 11:05 AM
>
> So what happened to that "travel fund, which enables two couples to travel
> abroad for three months each year" by the time I arrived?
>
> Read more:
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836839,00.html#ixzz1UY3fMvbP"
>
>  On Aug 8, 2011, at 11:14 PM, Lynda Cock wrote:
>
>  This is the Time article that caught our attention in 1967 when John was
> minister of education at Central UMC in Asheville, NC.
>
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836839-1,00.html
>
> The next year we took a PLC and then helped set up a RS-I.  After that
> pitch by Marilyn Miller Oyler  and Phil Townley, we sold our house and car
> and journeyed to Chicago in March 1969.
>
> Lynda and John Cock
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