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<p>Mattias:<br>
I understand that lambing problem. I used to raise Barbado sheep.
They are a cross between African hair sheep and European wool type
sheep. I only had to pull about 10 lambs in 15 years. I always
tried to find someone with small hands. I wear a XXL glove. With
arthritic fingers, and only able to use one hand "up there" It
can be an impossible job. All that trouble is worth it when you
can save one... I wish you all the good fortune possible in
helping these folks in these idiotic times.. On this side of the
pond, we are all praying for a quick end to this war for everyone.<br>
Cecil in OK<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/4/2022 4:48 PM, Mattias Kessén
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hi,
<div dir="auto">You've all done great and reached 1650 USD.
I've used 600 of it on food and medicine as I said earlier
and. I've also used it for a birthday celebration (food,
presents, candy etc.) for the mother and one of the kids in
a large family living nearby. I can't remember how much I've
told you earlier and some things I've learned lately. This
family consists of a grandmother, mother and five kids age
five to twelve. They left Ukraine and the mother's second
man/husband. The second man helped them away from the first
man that was very abusive to both the mother and the kids,
physical and psychologically. Now the second man is fighting
against Putins hordes of war criminals at the frontline.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I'll try to enclose a picture of Igor who
lives at our neighbour who is the unofficial leader of our
network. He is sitting with my dogs, the reason he looks
sideways is because there's where the iPad with Google
translate is. He gets dinner with the neighbour and lunch
from a local restaurant. He is 54 years old and had a hard
life suffering from both Parkinson and a stroke. He needs
crutches to walk and would have stayed fighting in Ukraine
if not his hands were so shaky he told me. His home was next
to an airfield so he had to flee.</div>
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<div dir="auto">We haven't got any refugees at our home and
that's because Ylvas work is classified and it's not certain
that it is ok to have refugees at a long time basis if so
yet. Anyway I do organize things and drive people around, we
give them food, support and what we have and can share.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">I'm in no hurry using your money but will
continue to do so when I can see it makes lives better for
people, especially children that has come here. The needs
will be increasing and the ones I,ve helped so far is so
grateful. I would like to provide more pictures but mostly I
don't want to ask the women and children if I can take their
pictures, because of security and that there are people in
refugee camps on their way here taking pictures and luring
women and children into trafficking. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">While not doing this or working I drive around
the Boxer chopping firewood. We've also just finished the
somewhat troublesome lambing season... It begun with some
stillborn or almost stillborn lambs, continued with various
troubles for her ending with her for the first time having
to get in there and drag the lambs out. Then it went quite
well for a while then I had to do the same for the first
time. First on two lambs then on three within a few hours.
They're all ok now and I'm beginning to feel normal too...</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">Sincerely</div>
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<div dir="auto">Mattias</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den mån 21 mars 2022
03:44Spencer Yost <<a href="mailto:spencer@rdfarms.com"
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<div>First, thanks Mattias for the updates. Not real
interested in penny for penny accounting: if anyone’s in
a pinch for fuel, medicine, food, toys or school clothes
for the kids - or whatever - just make it happen.
That’s all we ask. And keep the stories coming.</div>
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<div>Even if we don’t need the gardens to survive Cecil
they are a great way to maintain ties with neighbors. We
have a regular okra, bean, endive and tomato <span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">underground </span>railroad
going on around here :-). We supply and deliver the
composted manure to several friends and neighbors and
it’s comes back as fresh veggies 🥦 🥕</div>
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<div>Spencer</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Mar 20, 2022, at 10:24 PM,
Cecil Bearden <<a
href="mailto:crbearden@copper.net" rel="noreferrer
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<p>I must admit when I hear the term refugee, I
don't see these people in my mind. After seeing
the pictures Mattias so graciously provided, all I
can say is "There but for the Grace of God go I "
<br>
</p>
<p> I do not want to get the list any where close to
political, but all of us need to get our old
tractors working a garden plot that might feed
ourselves and a few neighbors. I ordered some
heirloom variety seed last week, and I have got to
get a place cleaned out to start them under a grow
light. Here in OK, we have the craziest weather.
Just as you think it is going to be warm, boom it
changes. And the OK hwy department will not pay
for any grass seeded or sodded that fails due to
freeze between October 15 and April 15. We now
have rain forecast for 3 days. Usually May is the
month of rains and that is when I have to cut Rye
for hay. this year it is beardless Triticale and
it looks like it may have died from the drought.
Where I sowed it in the pasture, the little taste
of rain we got last week has it turning green.
But, in the wheat field I am trying to turn to
pasture, it looks dead. <br>
</p>
<p> I don't have any good ground for a garden.
However, I have a big pile of hay and cow manure
that is getting black after I pushed it up with
the dozer last year. I plan to use the side throw
PTO spreader and then roto-till it into a place I
have stored hay for a couple of seasons. I have
one of those 8 ft chinese roto-tillers. I am
trying to get an electric riding cart to go
between the rows and sit while working the
plants. Old age requires some innovations. When
I was younger ( about 40 years ago) I built a
garden on top of our septic lateral field. We had
one of the best gardens around.. I had dumped 13
yards of river sand and 8 yards of cow manure from
the stockyards and rototilled it with a commercial
walk behind tiller. With the development next to
me and all the influx of neighbors watching me, I
will have to share the bounty probably. Got to
keep the neighborhood happy. <br>
</p>
<p>I didn't mean to get so long winded. I would
like to commend Mattias for his helping his fellow
man in such an extreme situation. <br>
</p>
<p>Cecil in safe and windy Oklahoma</p>
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<div>On 3/20/2022 8:59 PM, Kenneth Gene Waugh wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks for
expressing my sentiments as well, Cecil. I
have wanted to reply to these emails, but
haven’t wanted to flood things either –
Mattais, for sure, most certainly has his
hands full without tons of emails.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt">Mattais, THANK
YOU!!, mostly for what you and others are
doing, but Thanks for the updates, too!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt">Gene Waugh</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt">Elgin, Illinois</span></span></p>
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style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a
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rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Cecil
Bearden</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Sunday, March 20, 2022 8:11 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [AT] Ukraine, very
short update</p>
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<p>Mattias. thanks for the update. I don't
believe any of the group were concerned about
where the money goes, but I know I enjoy
hearing of your experiences with these folks.
Our country is in trouble right now, and many
of us don't know how to fix it, but we are so
fortunate that we don't have to leave our
homes and family behind to escape. We have
you and your family in our thoughts and
prayers here in Oklahoma.. </p>
<p>Cecil</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 3/20/2022 5:38 PM,
Mattias Kessén wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">You are doing great
and though I've only used a small part
of your money it's made a big
difference. Today I've used som money
for a children car seat. We've got a lot
of donated ones but needed one more.
When I'll get to it I'll make a document
showing how much I've got and how much
I've spent.</p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">So far you've reached
1400 $ and I've spent a little less than
200. Remember we get most things for
free but this money is so useful when
not, no regulations only your trust in
me and my willingness to make most of
it. </p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">There's much going on
but let me tell you 'bout Igor. Igor
arrived friday and was the only man. He
is 54 and suffering from a stroke nine
years ago. He has trained him self to be
able to "walk" around on crouches, the
kind that goes all the way to the armpit
like in an old war movie. He was living
next to an airfield that's been bombed
several times, with poultry and other
animals. He believe he is treated like a
king here, first he arrived at the old
city hall (18th century built after the
last time the Danes burned down the
town) and said it was a castle. It's
nice but smaller. Then we had him
sleeping at hotel (really fine one, for
free) near the hospital to have then
evaluate his health. All he wanted
although was to live where he could wake
up to the rooster. So my neighbour Akko
who are the "leader" of all this took
him under her wings today.</p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unknowing that he
already went there we arrived at her
place tonight for some sauna and I saw
him through the window of her
guesthouse. We went there and our
neighbour and another volunteer arrived
with Vodka and glasses to greet him
welcome. We did that but after we
managed to use my phone for letting him
call home, which he last time did in
Poland 10 days ago.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">We tried his phone
first with a Swedish SIM-letting you
call for free that I've been given by a
phone company, then we used my phone.
After so many signals that we all were
convinced that the answering machine
would answer his brother answered! They
spoke for awhile, very shortly I believe
Igor thought it was expensive for me and
the smile on Igor's face even though
afterwards when we asked him through
Google translate how it were with his
brother and family he only answered
"bombed".</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We've made so many
other things... I'm so proud of some
people around me.</p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards</p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mattias</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">P.s. today I've also
had time for a ten mile walk with the
dogs and even chopping some firewood
that I transported with the
Boxer(tractor reference)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Den sön 20 mars 2022
01:17Cecil Bearden <<a
href="mailto:crbearden@copper.net"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">crbearden@copper.net</a>>
skrev:</p>
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<p>Mattias. Happy we could help. I wish
we could do more..<br>
Cecil in Okla</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 3/19/2022 3:26
PM, Mattias Kessén wrote:</p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt">Well
since Ylvas picture of me was
to big here is the message
without picture in wait for
Spencer's approval.,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt">Hi,</span>
</p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt">I'll
try to keep this short 'cause
I'm a bit fatigue....</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt">I've
begun using a bit of your
money, some medicine for a
mother her five kids and the
grandmother. They've fled from
Donbas through Kiev, to here.
I was at the hospital last
night taking care of her arm
that was hurt when she ran
from grenades exploding in
Kiev. (Is this for real?). The
fragment of stories, how about
the fathers and husband's, and
all other questions... Their
English are very weak or non
existing. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt">The
real heroes are the
translaters, the most of them
have relatives in the Ukraine
or Russia. The translater I've
worked most with have to
aunties I Kiev that no-one
heard from in weeks... she's
so strong.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt">There
are so many stories I'll try
to tell you all of them later
but as a teaser I can mention
ABBA... We have a family in
Björn of ABBA 's penthouse
that can stay there for months
and I delivered another one to
his daughter yesterday...</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt">More
to come, anyway life is good I
had an hour in the spring sun
earlier just relaxing when
Ylva took this picture.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#888888">Mattias </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Den lör 19
mars 2022 21:07Mattias Kessén
<<a
href="mailto:davidbrown950@gmail.com"
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target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">davidbrown950@gmail.com</a>>
skrev:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I'll try
to keep this short 'cause
I'm a bit fatigue....</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I've
begun using a bit of your
money, some medicine for a
mother her five kids and the
grandmother. They've fled
from Donbas through Kiev, to
here. I was at the hospital
last night taking care of
her arm that was hurt when
she ran from grenades
exploding in Kiev. (Is this
for real?). The fragment of
stories, how about the
fathers and husband's, and
all other questions... Their
English are very weak or non
existing. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">The real
heroes are the translaters,
the most of them have
relatives in the Ukraine or
Russia. The translater I've
worked most with have to
aunties I Kiev that no-one
heard from in weeks... she's
so strong.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are
so many stories I'll try to
tell you all of them later
but as a teaser I can
mention ABBA... We have a
family in Björn of ABBA 's
penthouse that can stay
there for months and I
delivered another one to his
daughter yesterday...</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">More to
come, anyway life is good I
had an hour in the spring
sun earlier just relaxing
when Ylva took this picture.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mattias </p>
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