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QUARTERLY Bunrmis 35
OLD STAFF NEWS
Edited By Eileen H. Morgan
l From Carolyn Coolidge Godfrey in Dallas, Texas
I —December, 1975
! We moved to Dallas in May of this year. Ed’s job got
4 transferred, but he is still with ACTION, now working as a
! Placement Manager with both the Peace Corps and VISTA.
` We are presently awaiting the birth of our third child, due
around Christmas Day. (See Babies.) Our Anne is now five years
R old and enjoying kindergarten. Teddy is 3% years old and thinks
Q being "a real cowboy" is the greatest thing. I guess we moved to
; the right state! We are adjusting to Texas but hope to get back to
T Virginia or New England one day. We are very far away from our
, families now and Kentucky, too! We plan to drive back East on
, vacation next summer and definitely will stop in Leslie and Clay
1 Counties. We’ve just got to see the new hospital!
V  I was deeply shocked to learn of the death of Anna May
p January. She was a great person as well as one of the best
·  "common sense" nurses I’ve ever known.
V  I am very proud to be an old FNS nurse. My experiences there
‘  have proved invaluable.
‘ From Barbara Kinzie in Saada, Yemen Arab Republic
l  4 —December, 1975
Q Christmas, 1975 has hardly passed as I write this letter. My
i  prayers were for Christmas joy and peace to be with each of you,
  as I delightfully recalled holiday seasons which I have so enjoyed
` spending with many of you.
Q  The Muslim calendar is a lunar one, so the various special days
Q  and religious celebrations depend on the moon and vary each
* year. This year our Christmas Day came about a week after the
T  Muslim’s main religious celebration, The Feast of Sacrifice, which
 ~ commemorates Abraham’s sacrifice of Ishmael (according to the
· Q Koran). Our Yemeni friends were so thoughtful to invite us to their
  homes during this time to enjoy the celebration with them. So
  Christmas Day and week was the perfect opportunity for us to
Ai  invite Yemeni friends and hospital staff into our home, not only to
‘  share our home, love and food with them, but also to share the