Abdoulaye, accept my sincere condolences on the passing away of your sister, Yasin(Jall)Secka. I hope the many happy memories of her will help you and the family through this difficult period. Yal Naako Yallah Yerem Te Yeehe Nuh. Ameen. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Greetings From The Gambia >Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:44:16 -0600 > >Hello Laye, >Thank you for your kind words. We all welcome you to the US. > >Please allow me to extend to you on my behalf and on behalf of my family, >our deepest condolences for the lost of your sister. May Allah, The >Almighty, grant her eternal peace. > >Sincerely, > >Bakary J Sonko > >-----Original Message----- >From: Abdoulaye Saine [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 11:16 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Greetings From The Gambia > > >G-L Community: > >Greetings to all! This is to inform the community that I returned to the >US >a little over a week ago and that I will, in the next week or so, post a >detailed report of my three-month visit home. > >Let me also take this opportunity to express my profound sadness to all who >lost loved ones every where, The Gambia and U.S. in the months that I was >gone and could not send word to you. I pray that they all rest in peace. > >I also pray for my younger sister Yasin(Jall)Secka who passed away this >morning after a long illness. May she also rest in peace. > >For those that are critically sick, and especially those at home, I pray >for >your speedy recovery. > >Allow me also to say congrats! to all our new graduates and their parents, >Jabou, Habib, Fatoumatta and all those celebrating one success or another. >I also wish Gibby Cham the best of luck in his new business dealings. > >Let me also thank all those who called while I was home in The Gambia to >check on me, Bakary Sonko and Joe Sambou to name a few. Your >thoughtfulness >is appreciated. > >While in The Gambia I had the pleasure of meeting so many folks including >G-L members. I met Katim Touray for the first time even though we both >hail >from Saloum/Ballanghar/Kaur but never met in the US. What a descent fellow >and a real Saloum-saloum. > >Meeting koto Sidi Sanneh for the first time was also a real treat as well. >Sidi and his family were kind enough to have Katim and I over for dinner. >Thanks again Sidi fo the lovely dinner, company and support. > >I also met Mr. Sheikh Tijan Nyang for the first time, saw and heard him a >lot on T.V. and radio. Keep up the good work, and Sheikh Tijan, we will do >what we planned when I return, hopefully soon. I met many G-L members for >the first time who may not like their names listed. > >To all these new and old friends, I say thank you for making my visit a >memorable one. > >To Habib Ghanim,I express my deep apprciation for all your assistance and >company in Baltimore. > >And I thank God for restoring to Dr. Nyang his health. We pray for his >complete recovery. > >And to all Greetings from home. They miss each and everyone of you and >pray >for your continued health and success. > >Until next week, >Abdoulaye (Oxford, OH, USA). > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~