[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT-Sort of Benetech in Guatamala
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 18:05:14 -0700 (PDT)
We older folk forget sometimes--probably often-- that there are things that
happened in the world years and decades ago that were "big" news then and that
you young'uns never heard about. Jackie, it was perceptive and thoughtful of
you to realize that and to explain.
G.Cindy
--- On Fri, 5/30/08, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT-Sort of Benetech in Guatamala
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 4:57 PM
> Jackie,
>
> Thank you for clarifying this for me. Now I understand
> what this is aboout.
> How terrible for the people and their families!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:06 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT-Sort of Benetech in
> Guatamala
>
>
> Sue:
>
> Let me see if perhaps I can't clarify the situation a
> bit,
> particularly since you're not able to watch the video.
>
> Unfortunately, the cuntry of Guatamala has had a history of
> severe
> political repression of those who didn't agree with the
> prevailing
> government. Many of them have "disappeared",
> e.g., were arrested,
> often killed, & their loved ones have no idea whether
> they're alive,
> in prison, dead, or what. Evidently documentation has been
> found
> regarding the fate of many of these people, & Benetech
> is helping to
> distribute it in an attempt to help family members
> determine once &
> for all what's happened to their loved ones. I hope
> this helps
> clarify. Obviously this is an unpleasant reality but for
> those who
> have waited, sometimes for many years, to find out the fate
> of family
> members, this could, at best, be cause for hope of
> unification, or, at
> worst, at least bring about some sort of closure.
>
> On 5/30/08, Amber Wallenstein
> <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Why weird, Sue?
> > Amber
> > Book blog:
> > http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
> > I have accepted a seat in the House of
> Representatives, and thereby have
> > consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the
> ruin of our children. I
> > give
> > you this warning that you may prepare your mind for
> your fate.
> > John Adams
> > E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx
> >
>
>
> --
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