Dear Mrs. Oh
I wanted to thank you for your garcious gifts
of the wonderful barbque dinner at 63
and your beautiful ceramic teapot and cup set.
I have just packed it very thoroughly with bubble wrap
and will carry it on the plane.
The dinner was very memorable and delicious.
It was a very special treat for us all and I thank you.
I wanted to let you know
I am so glad you were a part of the group.
and you are always such a model of grace.
I was glad to hear
that you felt an increase of confidence
in yourself as you do have so much to offer.
I am very impressed with the quality of your thesis
and thanks for giving me a copy.
I do hopeyou will consider publishing some part of it
as an article in the AMI journal and
or coming to the states for an AMI annual meeting
and doing a presentation.
I would be glad to assist you in either case.
Think about it.....
I will think of you each we use the teapot and cups
and I thank you again for your kindness.
Good luck on completing your GIM work.
You will be doing many wonderful things
with this method, I know.
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Dear Oh Jung Sook.
It is wonderful to hear from you.
Thanks you so much for taking the time to write.
It does my heart good to know
that you received benefit from my encouragement.
I am sure your son's marriage is a very big event!
I hope you are please with his new wife.
It is very busy here with trainings-
Jim and I just completed a supervision module
and a music module.
We had a very good group-several older women
who bring amazing life experience are in the course.
I contine to support you even though
we communicate long distance!
Your baby English is very good and easy to understand-
keep practicing with emails!!! and I will respond.
Many blessings to you and your family.
Love Sierra.
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Hello....
Because of your questions -
I am going to try to respond about Mid-Atlantic
Korean Fellows who want to become AMI trainers
as clearly as I can.
I also will mention about the role of the mentor with
each trainee.
Those who want to become an AMI trainer
do the following :
1. Each individual person is responsible to know
what the requirements are for becoming an
AMI trainer.
2. Each person can contact Jim Rankin at
be sent to them individually via email.
The next few years are spent in the work required
to meet the requirements,
which includes assisting in trainings, doing client
sessions,etc as stated in the requirements materials.
3. When the requirements have been met, then each
person is responsible to make application
to AMI to become a trainer.
The first application is made
when enough requirements have been met to become
an Associate level Trainer
(200 client sessions have been completed).
The second application is made when the
remainder of requirements has been met to become
a Primary Trainer.
4. Part of the process of meeting your requirements
involves each person having a designated mentor,
who assists them and reviews their work .
The mentor is a Primary Trainer,
and usually the trainer who had for your Lev I,II,
and III. So that would be Sierra, Carol and Jim.
5. Therefore, one of us can be the individual's mentor
or you may also choose another AMI Fellow
who comes to Korea who can observe you.
It is up to each person to request who they
want to be their mentor.
When all the requirements have been met and
the Trainee is ready to apply, the mentor writes
a letter of recommendation
for the trainee as part of the application materials.
I hope this is clear. Those who come to the
AMI conference next June in South Carolina will
have a chance to ask your Q in person.
And you can meet with the three of us
to decide who can be mentor.
In addition, those who take the course will
automatically receive mentoring as part of learning
how to teach he Mid-Atlantic training materials.
On the Q about your becoming a Korean affiliate
with AMI -yes, if you have the Korean AMI affiliate
organization, I should think that other Koreans from
other trainings would want to join. It should be
a good thing for everyone.
I will be out of town for a week and cannot answer
emails until the week of the 24th. However
I will be happy to respond then.
Jim or Carol may also be contacted.
I wish you the very best...and hope this is helpful.
Take Care, Sierra
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It is so good to hear from you...
I was getting worried we haven't been in
contact since January and my emails were
always returned.
I am so glad you have a new email and
we can continue our email communications
especially for the June training .
We are very pleased everyone is planning to come
and you have made your plane arrangements.
We will plan to Have you arrive and get settled
in your rooms.....have dinner...
and then have a formal start Wed evening.
Thank you for sending the deposit check.
Please make the check out to Mid-Atlantic Institute
and send to:
Mid-Atlantic Institute, Inc.
% Sara Jane Stokes,Ph.D.
P.O. Box 414
Severna Park, MD 21146
In your email it appeared that there were no
email addresses sent with each trainee's name...
could you please resend??
Regarding the travel from the airport....
Carol and I only have one small car so
you would need to get transportation to the
University. Plan to arrive to the North Village
Conference Center at Furman University.
The University address is 3300 Poinsett Highway,
Greenville, SC 29613 We apologize that
we cannot come and pick you up personally...
but we will be waiting with open arms to
receive you.
You may checkout the University web site
as follows
: www.furman.edu/campsandconferences
We have been searching for a translator
and may have found someone who is a local
Korean Prsbyterian Pastor.
However, we will need to request that each
one contribute to his translation fee.
Is that possible ? We think that would be
around $40./ per person.
Please let us know about this.
I will let you know the preparations
when I recieve each person's email
so we can send everyone a welacome letter
with that information.
Thank you for relaying my email to Yang-A...
I look forward to hearing from her soon.
We are very excited about this opportunity
to be with all of you again -
it will be so good to see you.
best Wishes,
Sierra
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Dear AMI Fellow,
As you are aware,
we are approaching the end of the first reporting cycle
of Continuing Education credits for Fellows.
We know many of you have been preparing
for the January 31, 2009 submission date.
However, after careful consideration
and attunement, the Circle is suspending the Jan.
31 due date for reporting CE credits.
This means that no AMI Fellow needs to send
in CE materials until further notice.
Those who have already sent in forms
and fees will have their money returned by the AMI office.
No one's status as a Fellow will be affected
by this suspension of the submission date.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience
or confusion this causes.
In an effort to provide conscious leadership,
The Circle has charged itself with first creating a Statement
of Purpose which will provide clarity for further discussion,
attunement, and resolution of this issue in a way
that is congruent with the larger context of AMI's purpose.
Simply, more time is needed to further explore
how CE credits relate to the FAMI status,
member needs and the financial ramifications
of levying an extra fee on our members at this time.
The Circle will be working on this challenge in the months to come.
As we work to gain clarity,
we welcome your input and ideas.
Please feel free to contact either one of us
or any Circle member. Again, please do not send
in CE materials until further notice.
Blessings,
Louise Dimiceli-Mitran,
AMI President
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August 4, 2010 Dear Friends of Helen:
Our Bonny Family invites you to be present with us
in person or in Spirit as we gather in Vero Beach, Florida,
at the Community Church on Saturday,
October 16th at 10AM to celebrate
Helen's life with music and memories.
Further details will be provided
at the Caring Bridge site within the next week.
You can access that site
at www.caringbridge.org/visit/helenbonny .
As in Helen's words,
"There is nothing in great music
that does not point beyond itself
to a greater extension of itself.
Music is an enigma.
It beckons and calls; it engulfs and fulfills,
but it always leads on.
After the last note has ended,
in the auditory sense,
it continues to resound into the seeming emptiness",
her Spirit continues
to "lead on" and "resound" through each of us.
We give thanks for each of you
and your inspired messages
which have provided illumination
and healing during this transition.
May the blessings continue,
Beatrice Bonny Stoner
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