[WAG] The Quake.

Mon May 12 21:52:17 PDT 2008

 Hello Isaac and Muriel, and the Wag group.

I thank you all for your love and concern.

I am fine and safe in Xian city.

Teacher Hu wanted to visit with me before I went to Chengdu, so I changed my plans and visited with him before going to Chengdu.

As it happened, I was no where near Chengdu when the quake hit.

So I am so thankful I am safe and fine.

On another note, the temple we had planned to hold our workshop in has totally been destroyed, as has most of the temples on QingCheng Shan.

I am working to put up a donation page on our website to raise money to help in any rebuilding or relief projects for all those effeted on the mountain.

As fate had it, the train stoped midway, and we had to all get off in Xian city.

So I am in Xian city now.

Today I will go and pray at 8 Immortal Temple, and will go to Loguantai Temple to ask if we may hold our workshop there.

It is a very holy place, and the site where the Tao Te Ching was composed.

So it should be a wonderful place.

We will all still meet in Chengdu as planned, and just take an overnight train to Xian to transfer to Loguantai.

All will be fine and perfect I am sure.

I may be busy for a few days, getting things shifted to this new location.

For those interested to view some information on this new site - please visit here - 

With all love.

See you both soon.

Sincerely, Jesse

Eternal Spring Tours  -  www.eternalspringtours.com  Bringing 3,000 years of tradition to you today................

Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:38:11 -0700From: isaac.freeman at gmail.comTo: muriel at river-of-jade.comCC: wag at eugeneweb.comSubject: Re: [WAG] The Quake.
I have my passport with my Visa, picked it up yesterday.... It was odd because I had this feeling of urgency to go pick it up, even though  I had weeks to do so.., Flight into Chengdu, no ticket in my hand as of yet, but it's paid for and waiting for me to pick up.

Yes I agree Muriel, and so does my mother, she's thanking god over and over again that it didn't happen a few weeks later or that I was not there a few weeks earlier.  

Well, I pray Jesse is okay, but somehow I know he'll be okay.  Something about his life skills that will get him through.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Muriel Kirton <muriel at river-of-jade.com> wrote:

Hi , I have likewise been trawling everything I can find.  The Big PAnda reserve which is very close by, is totally out of contact.  Wenchuan, which is the epicentre seems to be the next door county.  Roads are impassable there, and 80% of buildings are down there.   QingChengShan seems to be  in the national park near the town in the next county, where four or five schools and a hospital are down, with a lot of dead and injured.  From what I can make out, it is only a few tens of kilometers away from the epicentre.  I have just read that the main railway line to the north east is damaged, stranding 10,000 people - possibly Jesse amongst them. HAving studied Google Earth for the last couple of hours, I think the area where the roads are cut off by landslides MAY, only MAY be in or around the area.  Can't be sure of that.  

Oddly, my passport has disappeared in the post.  The post office has been searching for it since Thursday.  It was en route back from the Chinese embassy with my visa in it.  It is now being presumed lost or stolen.  If it doesn't turn up, I will apply for a new passport, but think I can be pretty sure that I will not be re-issued with a visa for the area now. It may be that it is not so easy for any of us to get there.    But, we are also blessed that it did not happen three weeks from now.....

My heart and prayers, like all of us, I am sure, are with everyone who has been touched by the tragedy.  

Jesse emailed me on Sunday night and said be would be leaving the north to travel to Chengdu, and that it would be a two day journey on the train..  So it is definite that he was not yet  in the area...which is another blessing.

Somehow I feel this will touch us all with a sense of  immediacy........

Love in the Tao, Muriel

----- Original Message -----From: "Isaac Freeman" To: "QiGong Dragon Sect" 
Subject: [WAG] The Quake.Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:07:05 -0700
Hey guys!

I've read everything I can find on the net today, and watched the little information that is being broadcasted on the news channels about the quake in China.

I know Chengdu's aiport has cancelled it's flights, but thinks it will be operating soon. (Not sure what that means)  The aiport website shows all of the flights being cancelled since 2pm when the quake hit.

I can't make out how far west or northish the earthquake traveled, as only a few areas are named.

It's seems like Qing Cheng Shan is close enough that it may have been affected, but it's too difficult to say with the information I have.

Aparently roads out of Chengdu are pretty seriously affected, but can't find clear information, as I imagine the information is still being collected.

I've heard Jesse was/is on a train to Chengdu, but was most likely far enough away still that he would be safe.

Jesse when you get this, send us an update as to how things look.

My heart and prayer goes out to the people in Sichuan province. 

My flight leaves in 16 days, this is certainly a pretty serious turn of events.

Attached is google map wth the co-ordinates of qing cheng shan in comparison to chengdu. (Seems like 50km in a flight path). 

30.96667
103.51667

If anyone finds any information about sites affected, or quake zone mappings please let me know.
 << ChengDuQingChengShan.JPG >><< ChengDuQingChengShan.JPG >> 
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