Hello Rich Fans,
After spending a couple days catching up on stuff, I'm finally back. In this post I would like to address the following topics and questions.
Thanks and appreciation to all of you who have been praying for Mitch. Earlier this week, Mitch was upgraded from serious to fair condition, and began extensive therapy. He has improved enough that tomorrow he is going home to Topeka (which will definitely make things a little easier for his family, who have of course been away from home this whole time as well), and is transferring to a rehabilitation facility there. Though the doctors are very optimistic about full recovery, there is still a very long road of therapy and recovery, as recovery for this type of injury can be very slow. I do not know if Mitch yet knows about Rich, but would guess probably not.
Prayer Requests
First a prayer of thanksgiving for the doctors, nurses, therapists, and all those at St Francis, Peoria - also all the people of Peoria for their support for Mitch and his family during their stay.
Continue to pray for Mitch's family and now the doctors in Topeka as they take over the task of bringing Mitch to recovery.
I will continue to receive messages for the memorial book through Wednesday night, October 8th, and then the entire contents will be printed out and fowarded to Rich's family. The memorial book will, however, remain available for viewing through the end of October.
In case you're new to the mailing list, or haven't yet sent a message, the memorial book page was set up for those who would like to post a message of grieving, thanksgiving, remembrance, or condolence, concerning Rich's passing. .
I continue to receive requests for information on availability of Rich's very first recording, "Behold the Man" by Zion. This recording, available on vinyl only, is now out of print, and as mentioned in a previous post, is extremely difficult to find. There was a time when I had a few copies, but they are gone. At this point, I can only recommend contacting the usual resources for rare and hard-to-find recordings - local used CD/Record shops, online resources like RadRockers, etc.
Don't forget, for more information on Zion and the recording itself, see Brian William's Discography entry for Behold The Man at http://www.kidbrothers.net/btm.html.
As you can see, I still haven't written a review for the Wichita Memorial. The time required to maintain this mailing list and the volume of mail I still receive since Rich's passing (not to mention my day gig) have prevented me from finding the time. I still intend to do so, and beg your patience. I did want to let everyone know, however, that Light 99 does intend to archive the RealAudio broadcast of the memorial on their web page at http://www.light99.com. As it is three hours of audio it will take some time to process the three-part one hour long files. This will provide an excellent opportunity to hear the memorial, especially for those who tried unsuccessfully to log in to the live Internet feed, and those that were unable to make it to Wichita.