Letter 6 from
Chelybinsk Siberia
- eMail Epilogue -
to Easter Week Arson
eMail sent from Chelybinsk, Siberia: Friday 19 April 1996 (GMT+0400)
eMail forwarded from Father Blaine Burkey of Hays, Kansas: Friday 19 April 1996 (GMT
-0500)
Posted by FEEFHS: Saturday 20 April 1996 at 11050 hours PDT (GMT
-0700)>/B>
John and Sister Lucy -=-
Greetings from Hays, America -=-
The latest letter from Chelyabinsk to me is so full of genealogical inspiration that I am
sending it AS IS to FEEFHS. -- whose e-mail userID is [feefhs@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us] In
the tracings at the top of his letter to Sr. Lucy and me on 17 April under the heading "From"
is...{ the FEEFHS [userID]. }... One should be able thus to find the userID of every
correspondent.
Incidentally, the "long one" with the tilda ("raised upper level dash") is an Internet address (or
URL) for the WWW (web). They all start with http:// The Internet and World-Wide Web is
a whole 'nother world waiting for Lucy and our other co-workers in Asian Russia.
/s/ Father Blaine Burkey, O.F.M.Cap.
======= forwarded message (from Chelyabinsk, Siberia) =======
Friday 11:15 a.m. April 19, 1996
Dear Father Blaine,
I just reread John Movius' letter to our congregation about the potency of the five Easter
letters I wrote. Every
day in our prayer to St. Agnes, we address God "Who chooses the weak ones of the world to
confound the
strong." Those words of St. Paul, whose letters, also in unanticipated, barrier-breaking
outreach, have new
meaning for me. Also, Jesus as Word makes flesh tingle with new vibrancy and stirs in my
heart deep gratitude for the human power to say words, write thoughts, eMail experiences to
bond people in deeper relationships and love.
I wanted to write to John Movius but do not have his simple eMail address. I do not think I
can type the long
one with the raised, upper level dash. Perhaps you can convey my deep thanks to him. As I
told you, I say to
him, that electronically you can be on MISSION and MISSIONARY TRIPS beyond the ken
or wildrest dreams
of even that visionary "Apostle of the Gentiles"
Mr. Wesinger, the chief artist-architect of our new church is here from Germany with a young
engineer,
aluminum-steel roof architect to help our builders continue building the roof, a first
experience for this area.
The church will be the first of its kind, of unique construction for Chelyabinsk.
I met Franz Wesinger the first time last night at the fellowship after the evening Russian
Mass at the priests'
house. There is only the difference of "e" and "a" in our family names. He is devoutly
Catholic and from
Bavaria. Joseph Wasinger of the Kansas Wasingers came from that area to Russia in 1763 at
the invitation of Katherine the Great.
I feel that time is exceedingly relative in the human experience and history, much more living
than dead. In my Russian Scripture class ,the Gospel off Luke now, we are having the
Genealogy of Jesus and its biblical significance.
For reflection on that Biblical text, I asked the young people for whom the Gospel is truly
NEWS that is truly GOOD, to try to trace back as far as they can their own genealogy,
family roots, and consider: How long have I been in the plan of God? Consider the chain of
love that has loved me into life and into the person that I am today and have the continued
call to become: daughter/son of God! Our Father! - in the Risen Lord Jesus.
As we continue liturgically journeying through our Easter Season, may our JOY and FAITH
and GRATITUDE contiune to grow and deepen daily. Mine does as I experience the
marvelous ways our God is alive and active in our history and in our world today.
Gratefully in the Risen Jesus.
Sister Lucy Ann Wasinger, C.S.A.
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