I am so glad that everybody is back home and has e-mailed letting us know, including Leslie and Ann, that arrived early this morning.
Thank you for all your "thank you" e-mails, but the ones that should really be thanked are all of you. Without your support, this reunion would not have taken place. Since the beginning, you were all in favor and thanks to that it was a complete success and we will remember it for the rest of our lives. There is a special feeling among all of us and the friendship and closeness that has been created has been because of you. We savor every minute of it and will for many, many years, until the next one comes. So let's start thinking of the special place we want it to take place, as well as the date.
I will be writing again this weekend, recapping all the reunion. I will include all the family members that have an e-mail address, so they know what went on, because I am sure they will want to hear all about it.
When we came home, I had this message from cousin Pita (Margaret Guadalupe Blake-Elliot, for those of you who do not know her) which she wanted me to take to the reunion. Unfortunately, she forgot I was leaving earlier and I was not able to take it with me, but here it is, for all of you.
We send all our love! Talk to you soon!
Zulema and Alberto
From: Stanislav Dear Cousins, I am writing from our flat in Dniepropetrovsk , Ukraine, a
big industrial city of 2 millions people on the Dniepro River 500
kilometers
from Kiev, the capital. We have been here 2 weeks now and Don has been
working with a pharmaceutical wholesale company on developing and
increasing sales. The people here are very nice friendly and we are
enjoying our time here. We will be thinking of all of you this weekend and
will have you in our prayers. Please take a copy of this to the reunion.
God
has brought us here , but I want you to know we are with you in
spirit.
God Bless all of you. Remember us as you gather together. All our love-
Pita
and Don.
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 3:03 AM
Subject: Ukraine