From our friend Leroy

Mark's best friend since they were 5 years old asked me to post a letter to you guys. This man is more a brother to Mark than anything else. Neither one of them has siblings and they refer to each other in that old cliche "Brother from another Mother"! hehe He wanted to make sure this idea got to the broadest spec of people and since so many of you are reading and keeping up on this blog, he figured it was better than an address book!

Please know ahead of time that this is not a request, it's an option. We love you all and know that you're praying for us and thinking of us always and we feel it! And we thank you SO much for that.

God Bless, Becky





Greetings fellow blog followers!

With the recent diagnosis of Mark, we all want to help out in some way.
I want to throw out an idea for those of us that are to far away or unable to do any physical work to help the Bagenski family. Most of us would like send flowers etc. We all know that Mark is unable to accept anything like that. So in leu of flowers or gifts I am thinking that for those of us readers that feel like we would like to help the Bagenski's this might be an alternate way of helping and showing appreciation to them.

You can send them a donation to help them pay for the incidentals that they will need to purchase for Mark once he is healthy enough to go home for rest periods. I know after reading the blog that the house will need to be cleaned from top to bottom including the carpets and everything in between. I know that Mark will need to pretty much live in a recliner when he is home on rest periods. He does not have a recliner and the man is a big boy so a run of the mill recliner will not work for him. I am sure the list goes on and on of things that they will need for Mark.

This suggestion is for those of us that want to do something for them that will have some meaning.

Here are the two ways I propose for them to receive your donations if you feel like doing so:

Paypal for those of us techy nerds =)

bbnbears@centurytel.net

Snail Mail for those of us that have not embraced technology =)

Mark and Becky Bagenski
PO Box 91
Creswell OR, 97426


This was an idea of a thoughtful way for some of us to help them out. I am sure any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

LeRoy Mary
lmmary@comcast.net