[Oe List ...] colleagues in Japan

[jfknutson at aol.com]

I have heard from Shizuyo Sato that Wayne and she are alright.  She said ICA Japan is going to start to help in part of Miyagi prefecture March 18 -  31. 



This past weekend I spent a lot of time trying to connect with friends and have heard from them all who are in Tokyo.  On Saturday night one of my friends who I taught with at the university skyped me and shared her whole experience with me.  She had just finished a graduation ceremony and had taken a large number of students to a party on the 6th floor on campus when it all started.  The biggest problem there was the large metal doors started moving back and forth and finally fell outward.  If they had fallen in the other direction, she was sure she and others would have been killed.  Since the trains weren't running the teachers of course stayed with their students all night on campus. 

 

I cannot begin to imagine what the people north of Tokyo are experiencing.  One time the Rafoses, I and other ICA staff went on a homestay in the Fukushima area.  They wanted to meet international people so they created this 3 day program.  We were treated like kings and queens and those people did so much for us and I am thinking that maybe they are no longer with us.  Such a deep sadness in my heart.   Joan Knutson




 

I cannot begin to imagine what the people north of Tokyo are experiencing.  One time the Rafoses, I and other ICA staff went on a homestay in the Fukushima area.  They wanted to meet international people so they created this 3 day program.  We were treated like kings and queens and those people did so much for us and I am thinking that maybe they are no longer with us.  Such a deep sadness in my heart.   Joan Knutson









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From: George Holcombe <geowanda at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 7:01 am
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] colleagues in Japan


Bruce and Fumika Ellsworth, son and daughter-in-law of Wayne and Shizuyo, are 
taying in Tokyo hotel after their residence was impaired by the earthquake and 
unami.  Have we heard from any of our other colleagues there?
George Holcombe
4900 Yellowleaf Tr.
ustin, TX 78728
obile 512/252-2756
eowanda at earthlink.net
‎“...we have the choice: we can gratefully cultivate the relationships that make 
s part of a vast network, or we can take them for granted and allow them to 
ither and die.”  Brother David Steindl-Rast, Deeper than Words


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