[Magdalen] PRS 22 Pentecost

[Lynn Ronkainen]

e x h a l e......
Kristin, I am so sorry to hear the news about the name change.... would that 
it could be done an easier way. Is it possible to change your name back at 
the place  that was 'step 1' , and follow a different procedure that would 
not necessitate the current enormous and costly undertaking?

Thank you for the other kitty updates as well. I am sorry that my list 
vigilance did not catch this info before I posted.

peace and a hug
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Kristin Rollins" <kristin at verumsolum.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 2:46 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] PRS 22 Pentecost

> A couple of notes on the prayers related to us:
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015, at 02:20 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>> we give thanks as our sister Kristin begins the process of changing her
>> name
>> with various government entities (10/30)
>
> That process hit an abrupt roadblock Monday morning after two hours of
> waiting at the Social Security office. I was basically told "we can't
> help you today," because my permanent resident card is still in my old
> name. The only problem being that the only way I have have found to tell
> Homeland Security about my name change is to request a new card in my
> new name, a process which takes $450 (more than 11 times the cost of
> actually changing my name) and, I believe, a few months. (I am not sure
> if any document they will send me in the interim would suffice for the
> SSA's purpose.)
>
> Can't change the driver's license until the DMV can look up the new name
> in Social Security's system. Can't change the bank account until I have
> photo ID in the new name.
>
> So next payday, we'll file that form for the green card. And at some
> point, I will see about replacing my birth certificate (which is the
> necessary prerequisite, unless the new government changes something, to
> replacing my Canadian passport).
>
> and…
>
>> + For our animal friends. We pray...
>> as the end of life draws near for Majesty (21), beloved cat of Kristin
>> and
>> Heather (10/27)
>
> Last Wednesday (10/28) if I recall the day correctly, Majesty died in
> the early morning. Because we have no real yard here that isn't cement
> and being a rental, we took her to a pet cremation service for which we
> have nothing but good things to say. When we returned Saturday morning,
> her ashes were returned to us in a beautiful wooden box with an engraved
> nameplate on the front. Their service was very sympathetic and they only
> made one token effort to upsell beyond their basic service (and that for
> an add-on that, I think, cost less than $20).
>
> Esther -- I'm sorry, the Most Reverend Esther Gabriel Kittenpants, the
> Archbishop of Catterbury -- seems to be adjusting OK. I think she still
> wonders where Maj went sometimes, but does not seem terribly disturbed,
> but sometimes just a little different from usual. But she is a cat of
> routines, and this is the first time she has been the only cat in the
> house, so it is not a surprise that she is missing some of those social
> times (even though Maj would have preferred to be much less social than
> Esther).
>
> Kristin