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September

From:     Valentin [mailto:valenmik@mail2k.ru]
Date:     Mo, 19. September 2005
Subject:  Den Brief aus Russland


Dear Friends,

My name is Valentin. I'm student and I live with my mother in city
Kaluga, Russia. My mother is invalid. She cannot see and she receive
pension from government very rare which is not enought even for
medications.

I work very hard every day to be able to buy the necessities for my
mother, but my salary is very small, because my studies still not
finished.

Due to the deep crisis in our country, the authorities stoped gas in
our district and now we cannot heat our home. I don't know what to do,
because the weather is very cold here already and the temperature in
the street can be lower than minus 20 degrees Celsius in next month. I
am very afraid that the temperature inside our home can be very cold
and we will not be able to survive.

Therefore I collected several e-mail addresses and thanks to the free
internet access at our local library I decided to appeal to you with a
prayer in my heart for a small help. If you have any old portable
stove, electric heater, warm clothes, electric water-boiler, canned
and dried food, vitamins, medicines from cold, any hygiene-products, I
will be very grateful to you if you could send it to our postal
address which is:

Valentin Mihailyn,
Ryleewa Ulitsa, 6-45.
Kaluga. 248030,
Russia.

If you think that it would be better or easier for you to help with
some money, please write me back and I will give you details for
sending it safely if you agree. This way to help is very good because
in this case I will be able to buy a portable stove and heat our home
during the winter, because the old stove we have does not work
anymore.

I hope to hear from you very soon and I pray that you will be able to
help us to survive this winter. I also hope very much that this hard
situation will get better very soon in our country.

I'm sending to you many thanks in advance for your kind understanding.
Please excuse me for any inconvience I could cause you by sending this
message.

God Bless You,

Valentin and my mother Elena.
Kaluga. Russia.
E-mail: valenmik@mail2k.ru

Deutsche Version:

From:     "Valentin" 
Date:     Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:06:33 +0400
Subject:  Den Brief aus Russland

Liebe Freunde,

Mein Name ist Valentin. Ich bin Student, und ich lebe mit meiner Mutter
in der Stadt Kaluga, Russland. Meine Mutter ist ungultig. Sie kann nicht
sehen, und sie erhalt Pension von der sehr seltenen Regierung, die nicht
enought sogar fur Medikamente ist.

Ich arbeite sehr hart jeden Tag, um im Stande zu sein, die Notwendigkeiten
fur meine Mutter zu kaufen, aber mein Gehalt ist sehr klein, weil meine
Studien noch immer nicht fertig waren.

Wegen der tiefen Krise horten die Behorden Gas in unserem Bezirk auf, und
jetzt konnen wir nicht unser Haus heizen. Ich weiss nicht was zu tun, weil
das Wetter kalt hier bereits wird und die Temperatur in der Strasse niedriger
sein kann als minus 20 Grad Celsius in nachsten Monaten. Ich bin sehr
erschrocken, dass die Temperatur innerhalb unseres Hauses sehr kalt sein
kann und wir nicht im Stande sein werden zu uberleben.

Deshalb sammelte ich mehrere E-Mail-Adressen, und dank des freien
Internetzugangs an unserer lokalen Bibliothek entschied ich mich dafur, an
Sie mit einem Gebet in meinem Herzen fur eine kleine Hilfe zu appellieren.
Wenn Sie irgendwelchen alten elektrisches Heizgerat, warme Kleidung,
elektrischen Wasserboiler, konserviertes und ausgetrocknetes Essen, Vitamine,
Arzneimittel von der Kalte, irgendwelchen Hygiene-Produkten haben, bin ich
Ihnen sehr dankbar, wenn Sie es an unsere Postadresse senden konnten, die ist:

Valentin Mihailyn,
Ryleewa Ulica, 6-45.
Kaluga. 248030,
Russia.

Wenn Sie denken, dass das besser oder fur Sie leichter sein wurde, mit etwas
Geld zu helfen, schreiben Sie mir bitte zuruck, und ich gebe Ihnen Details,
um es sicher zu senden, wenn Sie zustimmen. Diese Weise zu helfen besteht
sehr gut darin, weil in diesem Fall ich im Stande sein werde, einen tragbaren
Ofen zu kaufen und unser Haus wahrend des Winters zu heizen, weil der alte
Ofen, den wir haben, mehr nicht arbeitet.

Ich hoffe, von Ihnen sehr bald zu horen, und ich bete das Sie werden im Stande
sein, uns zu helfen, in diesem Winter zu uberleben. Ich hoffe auch sehr viel,
dass diese harte Situation sehr bald in unserem Land besser werden wird.

Ich sende an Sie viele danke im Voraus fur Ihr freundliches Verstehen. Bitte,
entschuldigen Sie mich fur eine beliebige Unbequemlichkeit das ich konnte an
Sie von seinem Brief liefern.

Valentin und meine Mutter.
E-mail: valemik@students.ru

P.S. Ich habe diesen Brief auf die deutsche Sprache mit Hilfe des
Computerubersetzers ubersetzt. Ich ware sehr froh wenn Sie englisch
antworten konnen, da ich ihn sehr gut verstehe. 

November

From:     "Valentin"
Date:     Di, 15 Nov 2005 18:59:06 +0300
Subject:  Request from Russia

Dear Friend,

Please excuse me for any inconvience caused by this message.

My name is Valentin. I am student and I live with my mother in the suburb of
city Kaluga, Russia, 200km from Moskow. My mother is invalid. She cannot see
and she receive pension from government, very rare, that is not enough even
for medications.

I work very hard every day to be able to buy the necessities and medications
for my mother, but my salary is very small, because my studies still not
finished.

Because of the crisis authorities recently stoped gas in our district and we
cannot heat our home anymore. I do not know what to do, because the winter
is coming and the weather can be lower than minus 20 degrees Celsiy. I'm very
afraid that temperature will be lower than 0 degree in our home and we will
not be able to survive.

I applied to local Red Cross and they said me that many people ask them for
help every day and they cannot help to each poor family.  They adviced me
apply to Red Cross, located in Moskow, since they have more possibilities to
help.  I did send letter to them and they asked me for documents, which confirm
our situation.  I did send documents and within a month they answered me the
fact that they help only peoples who live in Moscow and adviced ask for
assistance private people.

Thanks to free Internet access into our library I collected several email
addresses and decided to appeal to you with prayer in my heart for a small
help. If you have any old sleeping bag, warm blanket, warm clothes, any
portable heater, canned food, vitamines, water-boiler, medicines against cold
weather, any hygiene products, I will be very grateful you, if you could send
it to our address:

Valentin Mikhailyn,
Ryleeva 6-45,
Kaluga. 248030.
Russia.

If you think that it would be better or easier for you to help with some
money, please writes back to me and I will provide you details how to
send it safely, if you agree.  This way to help is very good, because in
this case I will be able to buy portable stove and heat our sleeping room
during winter.

I hope hear of you very soon and I pray that you will help us survive this
winter.  I hope also very much that this hard situation will become better
in our country very soon.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2006. Please excuse me,
once more, for any inconvience I could cause you with this message.

Valentin and my mother.
Kaluga. Russia.

Dezember

From:     "Valentin" 
Date:     Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:37:06 -0200
Subject:  Individual request for help from Russia


Dear Friends,

Please excuse me for any inconvice caused by this message.

My name is Valentin. I am student and I live with my mother
in small city Kaluga, in Russia. My mother is invalid. She
cannot see and she receive pension from the government very
rare which is not enough even for medications.

I work very hard every day to be able to buy the necessities
and medications for my mother, but my salary is very small,
because my studies still not finished.

Due to the deep crisis, authorities stoped gas in our district
and we cannot heat our home anymore. I do not know what to do,
because the weather is very cold here already and I'm very
afraid that if the temperature will be lower than 0 degree in
our sleeping room, we will not be able to survive.

Thanks to free public Internet access in our library, I was
able to find several addresses, including yours and I decided
to appeal to you with a prayer in my heart for a small help.
If you have any old used sleeping bag, warm blanket, warm
clothes in size L or XL, portable heater, canned food, vitamins,
water boiler, medicines against cold weather, any hygiene
products, I will be very grateful you if you could send it to
our home address:

Valentin Mihailyn,
Rileewa 6-45,
Kaluga 248030
Russia.

If you think that it would be better or easier for you to help
with some money, please writes me back to me and I will provide
you with details how to send it safely, if you agree. This way
to help is very good, because in this case I will be able to
buy a portable stove and heat our home during the winter.

I hope to hear from you very soon and I pray that you can help
us. I also hope very much that this hard situation will become
better in our country very soon.

From all my heart I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year 2006. Please excuse me, once more, for any inconvience I
could cause you with this message.

Valentin,
Kaluga.  Russia.