[real-eyes] THE HOLY CROSS BLIND OUTREACH NEWSLETTER
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THE HOLY CROSS BLIND OUTREACH NEWSLETTER
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
2003 NE Englewood Road
Kansas City, MO 6418
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In this edition:
GREETINGS
WHAT’S UP FOR DISCUSSION?
JAWS 13.0
SPECIAL NOTES
THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS
ANNOUNCEMENTS and Reminders
CCOMMUNITY CALENDAR
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GREETINGS
It has been a busy last week and a half. My travels have taken me from
Joplin to Kansas City, from Alphapointe, to home and all points in between. My
phone was lost, destroyed, newly bought, and the old one found. And, in the
middle of all this, God’s provision awes me.
WE who are blind are familiar with confusion and loss in different ways
sometimes than our sighted counterparts. Stuff happens when we forget where
things are and can’t see that extra sock or lost suitcase. A dollar bill or
debit card might wind up in the wrong place because it has, unawares, slipped
from our hands.
Sometimes, we lose our footing for reasons different than our friends
and neighbors. We may wander off away from because we don’t see the signs or
the sound of traffic gets confusing.
Yet, amid stuff of earth and our lives, our Lord still promises to give
us what we need. Sometimes, that seems hard to understand when friends and
relatives die or people such as Richard Solis or Baby Lisa can’t be found.
Our Lord does not, per se, call us to measure the evidenced of His
promise by the goodness or badness of circumstances around us. Our
fortunes—good or bad—shift on a dime. We’re tempted to blame God for that. Yet,
His promise to work all things together for our good remains as He keeps us
steadfast in His love.
Our Lord often uses misfortune and tragedy as a blessing—whether
witnessing to us or through us to others. Tragedies or even losses of property
and money are not curses. They are not God’s punishment as far as we can see.
Our heavenly Father sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to take guilt and our
punishment on Himself at Calvary.
That means that no matter how messy our lives get or how confusing our
travels and turns may become, our Lord always holds us in His hand of grace. We
may not always recover lost stuff. We may not always manage our time well. Yet,
our Lord still gives us time and the necessities of life as He keeps us in His
Word.
Prayer. Heavenly Father, we do not understand why people, especially
babies, go missing. We don’t grasp why we lose time and priorities and get
frustrated. We try to stand and yet we aoften fall into doubting Your promise.
Forgive us, Lord. Restore us and preserve us as we seek to do Your will until
You come again; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.
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WHAT’S UP FOR DISCUSSION
We are certainly thankful for those who help with putting our meal of
the month together for the blind community. In a very real way, we rely on
their provision for two hours or more when we get together.
Is depending others easy or normal for us? When do we let ourselves
depend on sighted assistance? When do we not?
Dependence on others is a very real challenge for many of us at meals
of the month, when traveling, when asking for help with an issue at home? This
month, we will discuss our blindness, trust, and levels of dependence on others.
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JAWS 13.0 Now Available
(taken from a Freedom Scientific email updated)
“Freedom Scientific today announced the release of JAWS for Windows
version 13, including Convenient OCR, a feature that performs
Optical Character Recognition on text that is displayed as an
image, thereby enabling blind computer users to read items that
were previously inaccessible.”
"This release represents a huge step in accessibility for screen
reader users,� says Eric Damery, Vice President of Software
Product Management for Freedom Scientific.”
“The upgrade is an SMA release and can be downloaded as either a
32-bit or 64-bit version from the JAWS downloads page
(
http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-downloads.a
sp). DVD shipments to SMA holders and new product customers will
commence on Nov 1, 2011.”
Note: You can also speak with your RSB counselor to see if TAP-I may be able to
cover your purchase of JAWS 13.0.
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THANKS TO THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER
This month we express our gratitude for those who help with our meals
of the month. They give their time to drive, cook, clean, provide other
assistance for us as needed.
It is important to thank folks who assist us, both at meals and
elsewhere in our daily lives. NO matter how independent we may be, we who are
blind or visually impaired receive some level of service from friends, drivers,
family, just as we may give it to them from time to time.
A parting “thank you” goes a long way in building relationships, trust,
and ongoing cordiality—even in times we don’t feel so thankful.
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SPECIAL NOTE:
1. In November, we will have our meal of the month on the 12th. This will avoid
both the Thanksgiving shuffle and the conflict with various meetings on the
19th such as Progressive Council and NFB.
2. I have a temporary new phone number: It is (816) 209-7922.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS
 Newsletter in large print and braille will be available at our
meal of month along with CD’s of past sermons from Holy Cross.
 -- aIf you have prayer requests throughout the month, feel free
to call David Rosenkoetter at 816-805-7333. He will compile them for our
monthly time together and, if requested will send them to the church office for
the Holy Cross prayer chain.
 -- Daily devotions are resuming. David has been otherwise
disposed with other projects since midmonth but will be resuming the devotions
today.
 -- For further discussion: I will begin posting a summation of
our monthly discussion/activity on www.first-steps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . Perhaps,
we can include others in our musings after the meal.
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 COMMUNITY CALENDAR
 Nov. 1: All Saints Day
Nov. 4: Allied Workers of the Blind meet at Alphapointe, 7501 Prospect Avenue
at 6:00 PM. Call Melvin Smith at Alphapointe at (816) 421-5848 to find out more.
November 5: Northland Users Of Technology meets from 10:011:30 at Hyvee,
10:00-11:30; 5330 NE 64th Street; please, also stay for dinner from deli. For
more information, call Steve Clark.
Nov. 8: Share A Fare Review Meeting at 1800 East 12th Street; KCATA
headquarters; call (816) 842-9070 and ask to speak with Glendia to find out
more about the meeting from 9:00-1s1:00 AM.
Nov. 12: Holy Cross free meal of the month at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2003
NE Englewood, 12:00-2:0 PM. To learn more and RSVP, call David Rosenkoetter at
(816) 809-7922.
 Nov. 12: First Step[s for the Blind, at 50d18 NE Park Lane from
1:00-3:00 PM; call Cathy Pyper at (816) 455-5219 for announce your coming.
 Nov. 12: Amateur Ham Radio Club from 1:00-3:00 PM; call Craig
Martin for more about ham radio operating.
 Nov. 19: NFB meets at 14 East 10th Street; for more
information, call Ruby Polk at (816) 505-9993.
 Nov. s19: Progressive Council meets at; call Scott Vroegendewy
at (816) 213-8222 for more information about PCB.
 Nov. 24: Thanksgiving Dayxxxxx
 Now, may the Lord direct your days and your lives in His peace.
David Rosenkoetter, Director
Ruby Polk and Shirley Grauel, assistants
Matt. 28:19-20
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