And Let Us All Pray for Their Safety

[jone]

We Pray for their Safety .......

As members of this forum, many of us have wonderful friends in Ukraine.  Last evening, local time, I could not contact any of them.  I know there are similar circumstances for many of the members here and their loved ones.

I would like to use this thread to offer thanks for all of the wonderful people from Ukraine, on both sides of this line of opposition.  And offer a short prayer of supplication that they would all come through unharmed.

While many of my friends live in Southern Ukraine, I am very aware that there is great danger that what is happening in Kyiv will escalate across the country.  To that possibility I would hope that calmer heads prevail.

To the people of Kyiv, and in particular, families and spouses of those on this forum, I embrace you and stand with you and shed a tear on your behalf.

And I would hope that you, my friends on this forum, would bow for a moment of silence, petitioning a power greater than our own, that these brave and nationalistic people would be blessed with a wonderful future and an end to the bloodshed.

[JayH]

Nice post Jon

Amen

[SteveOR]

 
Amen to that.
 
 

[BillyB]

I would hope that calmer heads prevail.

There's only one head that needs to make a decision and that's the President of Ukraine. If he stepped down or at least offered to hold new and fair elections monitored by the UN, there would be calm and peace. Instead he thinks too much of himself to do those things and it's going to cost lives. How many? It's really all up to him.

[cc3]

We Pray for their Safety .......

As members of this forum, many of us have wonderful friends in Ukraine.  Last evening, local time, I could not contact any of them.  I know there are similar circumstances for many of the members here and their loved ones.

I would like to use this thread to offer thanks for all of the wonderful people from Ukraine, on both sides of this line of opposition.  And offer a short prayer of supplication that they would all come through unharmed.

While many of my friends live in Southern Ukraine, I am very aware that there is great danger that what is happening in Kyiv will escalate across the country.  To that possibility I would hope that calmer heads prevail.

To the people of Kyiv, and in particular, families and spouses of those on this forum, I embrace you and stand with you and shed a tear on your behalf.

And I would hope that you, my friends on this forum, would bow for a moment of silence, petitioning a power greater than our own, that these brave and nationalistic people would be blessed with a wonderful future and an end to the bloodshed.

Just said goodbye to my fiancee and departed Donetsk on Monday, 17 Feb. Have been traveling for 40 hours back to the relative peace of the Rocky Mountains...only to arrive home and receive this terrible news about Kyiv. With rumors about Putin invading southeastern Ukraine (my fiancee resides in Luhansk), I am extremely concerned.

Thank you for your thoughts of concern for Ukraine expressed in the words of your post, jone.

[Noch1]

Well said
My WIfe is 2 hours south of Kiev, I have friends all over the country.
My prayers and thoughts are with the people of Ukraine.
Hope this lunacy ends soon.

[JayH]

2 days later and over 100 dead and over 500 injured. More important than ever to wish for peace.

[calmissile]

Thank you for your post Jon.  As you know my wife and family lives about 1/2 mile from Maiden and has suffered a great deal the past few weeks.   Let there be peace and freedom ring!

[Muzh]

My nephew is smack in the middle of that shit. We haven't heard from him in a couple of days and then a facebook post this morning. Whew!!

[Noch1]

Hopefully, they are now speaking again and it all moves in a positive direction.
The last few days were not pleasant, prayers to all who lost someone in this mess.

[Muzh]

It appears the Konvict and the other felons, er..., opposition signed a deal.