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Drumns boat waied by the mo Procession rno and out, bWarc days the bodly, h hat eesMfanly die roney t)g wodoei box iwM lay. FiralUy, ail w. Waiked behlnd th enVOloped In the no parfumn, nomni sprayod, could à aiwfys, hoveredc neer far away begai l e ed hl They arved at look»Y fôa fod, fix season was scaro would'go out aid old woW *glo, home aId hge v watchig, atwaysv nWhy dld he Ure' 1 wondered retLuned Io Cana waniBd b lm aic fe Came repli We Walked b1 snake chaers drft before us. The grM Oie words, struggll, Ina wordI dldnotL As mflnlsheg grave6qWggemturr mYae and wed w llmp. 1 nolloed tUm "wlad aid tumed kn had a oiubfoot 1 feft aid grief. 1, tao, had was bor n Ia coew able lube repalred a Um moblllty. 1 went b- b*w~d My door andv wRwweesmewa ohm uhobble.l wept tI 1 Mqmsrosed Nt f0a1 and 1raged at a God Omis b happen. For nmonit fe r i coul'pray wfth any A ife tasormed Mendie cdrges w»re 1Iblamed God. i blarned mnyfrlends, aurnmf as Oie fùrai ny faml~Y, myself. But rnostly I ed Orough Moyamba baed od. Where were 'you?' 1 1 Oie gravoyard. For wauld shout~ 'How could you lot tOua ad tain ln Oie lroplcal thppen, arent you in charge, whars ycrambied bo gather Oi point of your existence If you don't ether for Oie simple do> anylhlng'r Ylol dhel mother flow Ail 1 albwed myself b hemr was sieonc. As Oie monOis passed, 1 read as ready aid as 1 adsu Iad1 tre ora e plkup truck 1 was echo< of my own prayer bo God.God ) scent of dealii that responcied. God answered rny prayer oe hov' gomus1Y and Vils is what I heard. "mmhate. Muhida as 'Hcw, could you let Ouha ppen, close b me.Fle was aen't you ln charge, whars Oie point sînce Oie day iwe im aid Nis brotfierof your existence If you don't do It urcioor, t"g anythlng7' And 1 wondered at rny )r odIe hungry silence f0 GodaË reply. ce ln Sierra Lone. 1I Neye again could 1 pretend Oiat 1 1 #hat lteflvele-ye was powerless, neyer again could 1 mfe, 1 would corne say Oiheres nothing 1 can do.' AoIld be waNtng. Whenever I'ff tenipled, 1I hemm is machlng. words %ow could you let hils wafch me ail Oie hf3pn? and seS Oieface of Munda. lb atIend wle God was speaklng Oien. God la ad&. «Because ho speaicing nov'. Just lasten. di you represeted After iat 1 slopped belng afraid b y. If haunts me still. risk MW response la always t ty aid Oie Cemnetey, Oe î haebeen blessed WIOi pople ving out Oie cobras wAllîlng b riak., b Iy wlt me aid 1 ive "a dug, I saad beloeeable bo maice a différence. Not ig to flnd meaning i huge, earth-sîiMdeng ways, but i understand. smali ways, piece by arnall piece, d, one of Oie whlch, when added bgeOie, buids mod, ho was about OIe khidom. with a pronounoed Juaf over Ove yearas ago, my iaf his foot was youngest clm.ghter lay In ai ICU bed ntb hNÉ sandai. He ln Toronto% Hospital for Slck t a wae of ahock Chikiren. Born wfOi significnt heart d a clubfoot~ but 1 - defects mv waitd, unsure of her ltY where If was future alter open heam surgery. 1 had nd so Ulloweclme fouglifhe Aberta govmrment for her "c bo my house, aid otierIob meure Ihat there was wept 1 wept for a ftuidlng fbr carcisc aurgery.1 had gone a1k wilh ease and on belvlaon organlzed press for a world where Conferences, was itervlewed on f lve-year.olci boy radio, ln newspapers, wmttm 1 who could alow counilesa bittersanad helped b organize other cardlac parents. Ail Sa fry retum home 1S h he surgery would happen before ythlng but aiger. Rl was f00 lafe. 1 Was filled Writhhe lear uato<ly a poeait who has faced thelr own child's mortalty can understand. Vou would de far yaxchil if lt would save them. There were leitera, lelegrarna, -m messages from acRoastOe country. But more important #ha #moe rme prayera. The churches and lndivduals from aouthern Aberta aid TooWho were praylng for rny daughter. The love aid concem that wre present for us ln Oteernldst of an eXhauaflng, frlghienlng nlghtmare. She OM. ed,àarnost lost her, t was that coe. Tonght as1 le th h li upstairstuoked kilobed. Tomorrow ahe will go ba sohool aid celebrate her slsters bithday aid flîl u with Moy tin ld vtkm-it never goos away. ItIs Ike Oie nmnory of a bad c*'ean, one #iat >ou kmowfwlO oertainly will eventuaJly orne ba ck. 'Oh yau m estongw' #*y say tb us. No, we are not, m ae just bwo Parents Who love aur chlldren as you love yours, as God loves you. God loves me as 1Ilave rvy dauglter, with Oie sani complets dePth and tie same fear. That is for mne Oie messaige of Easter, of GodIslove reaching b Munda ln Sierra leoneof God's lov reachlng down tou Kch my daughier. If la not a love Oiaf promises Ihat evetythlng wlll be ail rfght~ It Is not a lom that apares geaf hurt. Butif is a heailng bve 81W at atransforrn OÙf liseif, as it has ours. Afica chaiged me. BoOi rMy daihers aid Oxir expenences have chaiged me. 1 amrnona what 1 was, nor arn 1 what 1 shail becorne. But 1 am loved and thaf is enough. .1:: 'v. - By Mark Reesor Durham police are warning local businesses. to be ware o letters from Nigeria asking for help in moving millions of dollars into Canadian bank accounts. The letters, one of which was received recently by Whitby businessman Rob Benzie, pre- sident of Advantage Telecom- mu2nicatjons Systems, are sent from LagoNgeria. The letter to Benzie was sig- ned by a man elaiming to be an offici ai it he«ontract award committee» cf the 'Nigerian, National Petroleum Corporation' who had corne across a contract over-invoiced by- $38.8 million Nigerian civil servants aren't allowed to hold foreign bank accounts, thouth$ the writer explains, and=alc permission te transfer the money into Benziea company accou2nt. Ail he had to dowas fax a copyï of his company ' letterheade "duly stampe and - signed below,» and complete particulars of his bank account. In return for his trouble, he. would receive 30 per cent of the mon ey and another five per oent ta cover expenses. The remaining 65,per cent would be given ta thé writer and his colleagues.* Police warn that such letters, and variations on them, have bilked victimseout of thousanda. of dollars. They. aise warn people, espe- cially the elderly, ta be wary cf calis infarrning thm they've won big prizes, suc as a car or boat, but need te send a fee ta pay for; shipping or to cover other cosits. "I tsounds too good ta be true, it likel in,» warns Staff Se ïy Ryrie. "fteeare any doubta, don't send money or give out bank amcunt or credit card informa- tion,» he cautions. Answers to Whitby Trivia from page 13, 1. Lieutenant R.K. Lester was the skipperf ofthe H.M.C.S. Whitby in 1944 and 1945. 2. 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