Legacy Letter September 2020

Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers,
Last month I received a surprise telephone call from Queen Sirikit’s deputy private secretary. She said that Her Majesty was inviting Gloria and me to come to Bangkok for a concert. I explained that Gloria was already in California taking care of her 96-year-old Aunt Gerda for a few months. She said she would get back to me. A short time later, the queen’s secretary called back and asked if I would agree to accept the invitation and come alone. I said I would accept.

Dear Friends and Fellow laborers, I just received the news that the Thailand Embassy in Rangoon1 will not issue our graduating student, Moe Palel, a new ED (Educational) Visa. This means he cannot yet return to Thailand. It appears he will miss his graduation ceremony we are holding on February 6th…

Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, The world we see tomorrow will not look like the world we see today. The geopolitics of this earth are changing rapidly. The EU is on the edge of collapse. What replaces this dream of a new Europe of peace and cooperation between the many nationalities and languages of Europe appears to be failing to materialize. Tomorrow’s Europe will not look like today’s Europe.