[AccessD] OT: Anybody out there?

[Engineering]

Kathryn,

I can only begin to appreciate the great feeling of loss that comes from
your lifelong surroundings disappearing or being upended.  I'm no bible
basher, but I was once thrown into praying with people in that situation
and have never regretted having been granted the opportunity.
It was in 2011 when I was accepted as a volunteer for a week and flown into
a city recovering from disaster - the city where I had attended
university.  I'm the sort of person who likes to fix stuff but my
church slapped a "Salvation Army" logo on me and sent me to (broken?)
people who needed to be listened to and have their feelings validated.  In
that place I found anybody displaying a Godly symbol could offer to pray
for almost any afflicted stranger and gain immediate acceptance.
May God be with you and those you reach out to.

Paul Wolstenholme, New Zealand.

On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 at 07:18, <kathryn at bassett.net> wrote:

> Lembit, Rocky is 100 miles south. My childhood community is the one
> destroyed. I'm a mile from the evacuation zone. See overview map on my blog
> entry.
>
> http://www.bassett.net/blog/2025/01/09/eaton-firethe-loss-of-my-childhood-community
>
> Kathryn
>
>
>
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:15:10 +0100, "dba" wrote:
>
> Sorry, a bit late to that party.
> but at least I wish you all had nice holidays and I hope you all will have
> a
> good 2025.
> I was on a cruise holiday and did not expect so many mails.
> Thank you all.
> Rocky, I have heared about the catastrophic fire in LA. I hope you are
> still
> safe.
>
> Best wished to everyone from
> Lembit in Bavaria
>
>