From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Thu Dec 25 19:25:26 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA21592; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 19:25:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA05394 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 19:29:10 -0800 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA10629 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 19:29:09 -0800 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA00784 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 17:07:00 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA01505 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 17:03:07 -0800 (PST) X-Envelope-From: kabates@swbell.net Thu Dec 25 17:03:02 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA01499 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 17:03:02 -0800 (PST) From: kabates@swbell.net Received: from mail-gw1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.24.10]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA00781; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 17:06:41 -0800 Received: from kabates.swbell.net (ppp-151-164-43-219.eulstx.swbell.net [151.164.43.219]) by mail-gw1.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA24528; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 19:06:21 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <34A30183.3690@swbell.net> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 18:59:48 -0600 Reply-To: kabates@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-SBXA (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, Missouri-l@rootsweb.com, batesmobile@prodigy.net, paperman@cjnetworks.com, v.b.nelson@ourtownusa.com, jackie@train.missouri.org, herald@train.missouri.org, joe_lott@smtplink.sra.com Subject: PLEASE READ-AFTER 47 YEARS, Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com Dear Everybody, ***************************CONNECTION*********************************** ***************************CONNECTION*********************************** ***************************CONNECTION*********************************** MY BIRTHFATHER: RALPH THOMAS BATES AFTER 47 YEARS, HAS BEEN FOUND!!!! DAUGHTER: KATHLEEN A. BATES I have always believed in miracles, but I was not expecting for a miracle to happen to me!! For the first time in my life of 47 years, I found my birthfather and I have spoke to him on the phone. I am still pretty much in shock about really finding him. This has been a truely blessed gift from God. You know, when I would watch families being united on t.v. for the first time, it always made me cry tears of joy for them as I could feel their emptiness and sadness they felt before finding their family. And as I have read stories on the internet on people searching for their birthfather and/or birthmother, I have cried tears of sadness as I could feel their sadness, their pain, their loniness, a feeling of needing to connect and know where and who you came from. I want to tell EVERYBODY....DON'T EVER GIVE UP LOOKING!!! MIRACLES do happen and I thank God for this miracle that He has given to me. I also want to Thank everyone in the entire USA for all of your help and your support and the many, many responses. Also, I want to let you all know that I am just an indivisual person. I am not in a people-finding bussiness and I am not advertising or anything else. I just wanted to share my happiness and joy of finding my birthfather. And, I plan to continue to do research in hopes that I may find a connection for other people thru the internet in the future. I want to give to other people what God has given to me and that is to help other people to find and connect to their birthparent. I will continue to gather as much information as I can (related and non-related), for the helping of others. Merry Christmas to all and a Very Safe New Years, God Bless You All, kabates@swbell.net