keep it up; don't forget about pakistan now...

looking nastier than it was, but not as nasty as it will be in the himalayan highlands of pakistan.

just an update for anyone interested. we have sent to pakistan from here in gangneung about 50 kg (over 100 lbs) of shirts, jackets, hats, scarves, pants, blankets, and such with at least that same amount waiting to be shipped.

since i've not heard from very many of you since the second email plea, please don't forget to send whatever extras you have to habib's address below. i worry that my not hearing from you means that you've lost yourselves in other things, which i understand, but please remember just how cold it is there--and this is just the first week of december...

the photo above of snow falling was taken in seoul by my wife this past weekend during temps of about -2* Celsius (28* F), warm by the standards of the temps in the earthquake zone:

daytime temps of -5*C (22*F)
nighttime temps of -14.5*C (6*F).

fortunately, there's not been too much snow in the past week, but that will come, believe me.

so, please think about how warm you are and how warm those people in their destroyed villages and temporary tents are not and send out a box of something warm to them, or at least send it to me or drop it off in bumpin' here in gangneung.

let's continue doing some things to help some of these people survive what will be an unpleasant winter.