<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV><EM>My Brothers and Sisters in the SCA, </EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>This has been quite the lesson for me.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>I want to thank each of you who have so kindly written to me with your suggestions and ideas, both positive and other. I have to tell you in all honesty, you have been most helpful and beneficial to me as I search for who I am in this new (ad)venture. </EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>In just two short days I have learned more then research on my own has turned up in a long time and met people I hope to keep as friends and companions.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Thank you, thank you, thank you all!</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>To those of you who are confused as to what I am looking for, <U>so am I!</U> To those who have helped clear my way for what I may want to do and be, you must have been in my shoes at some point. I hope that one day, I do can be of as much assistance to others looking for guidance as you have been already to me. (I WILL continue to be looking for all the help you care you give, so please, keep it coming!)</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>The tag line after my mundane name signature is the way I live my life <U>always</U>. It is also the way I intend to live my life in the SCA.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>My Blessings to you all, my brothers and sisters, as we prepare to celebrate the Passion of our Lord.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Mario</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Mario L. Magana</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV><EM><STRONG>If we wish to make any progress in the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1238840497_2><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1238855159_0>service of God</SPAN></SPAN> we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1238840497_3 style="CURSOR: pointer; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1238855159_1 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">presence of God</SPAN></SPAN> as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor. <BR></STRONG></EM>
<DIV class=source><EM><STRONG>- <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1238840497_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1238855159_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">St. Charles Borromeo</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></EM></DIV>
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