Quote from Forum Archives on August 7, 2001, 9:22 am

Posted by: amazinggraze <amazinggraze@...>

I got this off the CSRL list I am on. Thought it was worth passing
on.......

> Dear Friends,
>
> I know this is a bit off topic. Since many of you Homeschool I thought you
> may be interested in this. Some Reps for JCT Shirts who also used to be
reps
> for Lifetime Books and Gifts had their house burglarized and then it was
> burned down. Their name is Geoff and Debbie MacGregor. Some of you may
have
> met them when they traveled to fairs in the past years. This year was
their
> first year as reps for JCT Shirts. They have moved to KY near to where we
are
> located. While they were traveling out west to fairs their house was
broken
> into. As if that was not enough a little time later it was torched. They
lost
> most everything.
>
> I spoke with Debbie today and she is starting to do better. Still broken
> hearted but realizing how much they still have because no one was hurt.
They
> will have many needs in the months ahead and many homeschoolers have
already
> started to meet them. They will need cleaning up the site of where their
> trailer was and then breaking ground on building a home. If you live close
by
> ( Burkesville, KY) I am sure they would love the help. If you can help
with
> finances you can send checks made out to the MacGregors and send it to
> Knight's Book Knook 5334 Pelham Branch Rd. Columbia, KY 42728. Below is a
> list of things that I have found out they need while speaking to Debbie
> tonight.
>
> The first thing they said they could use was words of encouragement. If
you
> have a verse or anything up lifting you can e-mail them at
gdgarden@gte.net.
> Remember that they have a ton to do and may not be able to respond to all
> e-mails sent to them.
>
> This list is not complete as they are very overwhelmned by all that needs
to
> be done at the moment.
> Curriculum:
> Hands On English
> Nest Videos
> Horizons Math for 3rd grade
> Uncle Eric Books
> Sea to Shining Sea
> Landmark books
> Field Guides
> DK Cookbooks ( Their 17 yo Daughter loves to cook)
> Hentys
> I also hear that they had some old poetry books as well as how to books
from
> the 1800s. She is not really thinking about school right now but she did
say
> that the trailer made a great science project as it was interesting to see
> how things melted down to ashes and what didn't. Even in disater the true
> homeschool mother comes out.
> One of the boys loves legos, I know Debbie collected old Aluminum Serving
> dishes as well as thimbles. Not that these things are necessarily needs
but I
> thought I would pass this on as it could help in the healing process. I
was
> just asking her what they lost and found these things out.....she didn't
say
> anything about them needing this kind of stuff.
>
> IF you live close by...they will need about 3 or 4 dressers, a bunk bed,
and
> they could really use a King Size Bed for them. She loves Floor lamps.
They
> will need a table and table lamps and of course.....bookshelves.
>
> Debbie also lost her Whisper Mill and Bosch, Excalibur and wheat and
grains.
> She mentioned a Cedar chest that was in her family but all that was left
was
> the hinge. I know we can't replace the memory but perhaps we can help a
bit.
> They have plenty of clothing right now. They have been on the road for
months
> and they had their winter coats in a trailer in the yard. They may have
some
> needs in the clothing area later but I don't think they can handle going
> through a ton of stuff right now.
> Please e-mail us if you have anything that could help. We don't want to
get
> 20 books that are the same. We are just hoping that we can bless them in
> their time of need.
>
> Please pass this on to others that may be able to help and pray. I hope
this
> has not been too long.
>
> Teresa Knight
>
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