From kyoki@prairiewindzen.org Mon Jul 21 22:24:52 2008 From: kyoki@prairiewindzen.org (kyoki@prairiewindzen.org) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:24:52 -0400 Subject: [zencenter-pgh]John and Nonin Message-ID: <7501BC322B464C958BCFFF73D191D843@zcp1> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C8EB56.B09C5790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good afternoon, I trust you are enjoying this warm summer weather. We will be sitting sesshin this weekend and would love to have you join us. This note is to let you know that our resident John Ott has returned from Colorado early. He fell at a hot springs and fractured his head. He was life-flighted to Denver where he spent a week in the hospital with fellow hiker/member Tom Rudy by his side. He is resting comfortably at his parents' home and will return to Zen Center in a little bit. Nonin will be having surgery on his lung and throat area to remove cancer tumors on August 13th. I'll go out a couple days early and will most likely be there for two weeks. Please keep him in your prayers. Hands palm-to-palm, Kyoki (This e-mail account is read by the Zen Center office assistant. Private information for Kyoki should be sent as an attachment marked "Personal".) ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C8EB56.B09C5790 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Good afternoon,
I trust you are enjoying this warm = summer weather. We will be sitting sesshin this weekend and would love to have = you join us.
This note is to let you know that = our resident John Ott has returned from Colorado early. He fell at a hot springs and fractured his head. He was life-flighted to = Denver where he spent a week in the hospital with fellow = hiker/member Tom Rudy by his side. He is resting comfortably at his = parents’ home and will return to Zen Center in a little bit.
Nonin will be having surgery on = his lung and throat area to remove cancer tumors on August 13th. = I’ll go out a couple days early and will most likely be there for two weeks. = Please keep him in your prayers.
Hands = palm-to-palm,
Kyoki
(This e-mail account is read by = the Zen Center office assistant. Private = information for Kyoki should be sent as an attachment marked = "Personal".)
Greetings from Deep = Spring,
Did you ever want to learn the = basics of how to roof a building? Want to get over your fear of heights? Want to = have a great time with dharma friends and take care of Zen Center at the same time? Don’t = have money to give but could donate labor?
Next Friday and Saturday, August 15th and 16th = friends of Deep Spring will gather for zazen, food, and re-roofing our garage. Rob = Moore will be heading up the work crew and would love to know you are coming. = This is a low pitch roof and not very high so almost anyone would feel safe = working on it. Ground crew also welcome!!!
On another note—the Peace Ceremony to be held on August = 30th at Millvale has had to be cancelled.
And—please keep Nonin in your heart as he = undergoes surgery on August 13th. I’ll be out there holding his hands and chanting with you.
Hands palm-to-palm,
Kyoki
(This e-mail account is read by = the Zen Center office assistant. Private = information for Kyoki should be sent as an attachment marked = "Personal".)
Sorry—please let Rob know = you are coming to the roofing party!
Hands palm-to-palm,
Kyoki
(This e-mail account is read by = the Zen Center office assistant. Private = information for Kyoki should be sent as an attachment marked = "Personal".)
Hello again—Does anyone have = access to a nail gun for the two days of our roofing party?
Hands palm-to-palm,
Kyoki
(This e-mail account is read by = the Zen Center office assistant. Private = information for Kyoki should be sent as an attachment marked = "Personal".)
Hi Everyone,
Nonin has had a successful = surgery; the doctors are reporting that he is doing well.
There will be more information = soon – we’ll keep you posted.
Thank you very much for your = prayers.
Hands = palm-to-palm,
Kyoki
(This e-mail account is read by = the Zen Center office assistant. Private = information for Kyoki should be sent as an attachment marked = "Personal".)
Good morning all,
Thank you so much for your support and your prayers. Nonin has enjoyed =
reading your e-mails! We have the word now that Nonin should be coming =
home tomorrow, maybe even today! Yippee! I was slow to report back to =
all of you as he had a bump in the road on Monday, but that has now been =
resolved. We have not yet received the pathology reports from the
surgery removing the lower 1/3 of his right lung and a number of his =
lymph glands. These will hopefully let us know how active the cancer =
still is. His vocal cords were affected by the surgery and he has a hard =
time talking. The word is that this will repair itself in the near =
future.
Again--thank you and 9 bows,
Kyoki
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