Re: Guess Who Called Me? part 2

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IVAN, I'M REPLYING OFF LIST SO THIS IS PRIVATE, AND TYPING IN CAPS TO MAKE
FINDING COMMENTS EASIER,
BOB
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From: Ivan M Suzman <cureit@xxxxxxxx>
To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:35 PM
Subject: Guess Who Called Me? part 2


>Dear Listfriends (including the "Parkinsawians" of northern Michigan):
>
>I'm pretty sure you know what the answer is - Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
>
>At 4:49 today, the Archbishop called me, the second time he has done so.
>I feel he seems to be puzzling over exactly with which words his prayer
>for us will come forth into  being.
>
> He is deeply concerned about us. It is a humbling and hopeful
>experience to receive a call like his.
>GOOD THINGS DO HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE!
> I told him how grateful so many of us are to him.  I am sure he is fully
>aware that World Parkinson's Day is coming up SOON.  I do recall that his
>secretary, Jaqueline, once mentioned to me that he will do everything
>possible to have the prayer ready by then, She added, however, that there
>is a bit of a chance it would be ready a little later in April,  after
>the 11th.
>SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE TO GET
HELP FOR PWP'S
>To me, just the knowledge that, for whatever reason, I was apparently in
>the right place at the right  moment , and that, by some miracle,  we
>have kindled a little fire in the Archbishop, is just awesome.
>
> I have had it on my mind to write the List much earlier this evening,
>and would ask you to forgive me, please, for not writing until now.  I am
>less than a day back home after travelling to Augusta to testify about
>the wages of personal care attendants.  There is now a huge effort to
>bring about a raise from $6.25 per hour to $8 or $9 per hour  It is an
>effort 600 of us in wheelchairs or with limits on mobility, are involved
>in at the legislature. I am still a little overtired.
>
>I will send a copy of this to Jaqueline Smith, the Archbishop's secretary
>in Atlanta who incidentally, has a law degree.
>
>The Archbishop somehow made me feel very protecteded.
>
>I actually talked to an Episcopal priest recommended to me by an
>Episcopalian frien
>THAT IS GREAT NEWS - I'M NOT BIG ON ORGANIZED RELIGION, BUT I AM RELIGIOUS,
AND I BELIEVE FAITH CAN HELP WITH ANYTHING
I'm glad to hear from you, and to know you are doing ok,
bob