A SPECIAL INTENTION FOR A SPECIAL
                                              CHILD AND FRIEND!


                FRIENDS AND FAMILY;  KARLA IS 16 YEARS
           OLD!  SHE IS SMALL FOR HER AGE.  SHE HAS
           HAD ACUTE LEUCEMIA FOR THE PAST THREE
           YEARS!  SHE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF 
           REMISSION THREE TIMES.  SHE IS PRESENTLY
           ON OUTPATIENT CHEMOTHERAPY 
           INTRAVENOUSLY, WHICH BEGAN THIS WEEK.                   SHE  IS HOME AGAIN AND IS BEING MONITORED             VERY CLOSELY.  HER FATHER IS HER CARE                       GIVER. THERE ARE THREE  OTHER CHILDREN
           IN THE FAMILY.  THEY ARE A POOR FAMILY 
           AND  LIVE ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES FROM                         HERE.  HER FATHER FARMS HIS  SMALL  PLOT
           OF COFFEE.  MYSELF AND OTHER NURSE 
           WILL MAKE HOME VISITS.

           I ASK FOR DAILY PRAYERS FOR KARLA AND 
           ALL CHILDREN WITH CANCER! THANK YOU!

           ON THE WALL IS A PHOTO OF MYSELF AND 
           KARLA IN HER LAST RELAPSE.  THIS WAS THE                 DAY OF KARLA,S FIRST COMMUNION.  I GAVE
           HER MY MOM,S  ROSARY!  THE OTHER WALL                   HANGING ON THE WALL IS A GIFT
           THAT ARCHBISHOP RAYMOND HUNTHAUSEN
           HANDED ME FOR PROTECTION WHEN I LEFT
           HIS OFFICE FOR OUR MISSION IN 1966!!                               ANOTHER OF MY MOM´S ROSARIES HANGS ON               THIS PICTURE NEAR MY BEDSIDE.