Dear friends, I have had some good news, my cousin a priest spending Christmas in Thailand is safe, I finally found out today, likewise a nephew who lives there, but was Home in England for Christmas, so also safe, but a couple, one a lace friend and her husband are not due home until 31st. so I have no way of knowing if they are safe, they left early December to spend Christmas in Thailand.
I also received more bad news as well as the husband of a friend who died on the 23rd. close friends of mine in this country, the husband died on Christmas morning, it is always heartbreaking to hear, but more so at this time of year. I have E-mailed Sulochona to see if she is okay, but unsure if she has a laptop, I know she was taking her lace with her. As Jean Nathan said we cannot complain about the coverage of the disaster in England, SKY is on 24 hours, with phone numbers etc; for any help families may need, though the lines were over loaded initially with people also trying to find out about their holiday bookings as well, but I think they said they have got the number down to 600 calls per hour of enquiries of people, giving a separate number for holidays I assume. Also along the bottom of the screen, SKY have run text messages, from holiday makers saying they are safe, which I am sure has been a comfort to friends whom are worrying. How tragic for Lord Attenborough The film maker/director and his wife, to lose their daughter and 15 year old granddaughter, and the daughter's M.I.L, words cannot convey the sadness when half a family is lost, we can only pray for them, and for the lucky ones to have survived, and help personally financially however small, where we can, there are phone lines set up for donations already. If anyone requires the telephone number to donate by credit card it is Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC).0870 60 60 900 in the UK of course, and by E-mail it is www.dec.org.uk. Pauline in Somerset SW England - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
