[Magdalen] Your Facebook vote requested

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

This will be a terrific thing for everyone.  We welcomed a family a number
of years ago, and it was just a bit touch and go, but we got the job done.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:46 PM, Suzie Buchanan <buchanan.suzie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My parish has just welcomed a refugee family from the Congo - it has been
> an amazing two weeks of crazy work and blessed new relationships.  This is
> a family of 9 - mom and dad fled the Congo in 1996 and all 7 sons (yes, all
> boys) were born in a refugee camp in Rwanda.  They didn't know running
> water, or how to use a doorknob.  Almost no English when they arrived (two
> oldest sons had a few words).
>
> We are trying to get a free "handyman for a day" donated to help us with
> some of the things we need to do to make the space we have rented workable
> for this large family, as well as have the handyman show some basic skills
> to a few members of the family.  But we need VOTES on their facebook page
> for St Thomas Church.  If you would go to
> https://www.facebook.com/mrhandymanofrichmond/
> <https://www.facebook.com/mrhandymanofrichmond/>and "like" the St Thomas
> Episcopal Church page there  . . . we would be greatly thankful.
>
> Many thanks!
> Susan
>