A few days ago, I read about a murder in Durango in the paper. As it turns out, it was my friend, Doug. Doug was a homeless man who has been living in a tent up Horse Gulch for about 11 years. I met him at Manna Soup Kitchen when we moved here. We played a lot of cards and talked a bunch. I last saw Doug walking downtown a week or so ago. I can't get my mind around the fact that I didn't stop to talk to him and now he's gone. I wish I could go back and spend a few minutes with my friend.
For those of you who are praying for us here, I would ask you to pray for Doug's family in Texas and for me as I grapple with the tragedy of his passing.
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Sorry to hear about the loss.
Thank you for your prayers....Since hearing about the tragedy of Dougs death we are comforted in finding that Doug had so many friends that cared so much about him. It has been hard on his family to accept the lifestyle that Doug CHOSE, but he was a man who found peace with himself in the mountains. We welcome to hear the stories you have had being with our father. We know he had sooo many....he was a great story teller.
The Querner Family
My favorite memories of Doug always had to do with playing cards. He would tell me lots of stories about the canasta games he played when he was younger and he also had a few games that he had invented that we tried and failed to teach the other guys at Mana House.
Last Christmas, I got to have a great conversation with him. I went out looking for him to try and get him to come over to our house for Christmas. I couldn't convince him to come over, but we got to hang out and talk for a while. Man, that guy could talk!
He used to spend hours playing solitaire on his lap top computer. I used to love listening to his stories while I was making supper...as always ...I didn't know which ones to believe and he sometimes told the same ones over and over. I appreciate the kind words you had for him...it brings us comfort to know he had friends and seemed happy. I wanted to let you know that his family..his son, daughter and I will be heading to Durango and trying to contact a few of his friends to get together to spread his ashes. We are aiming for the date of Thurs, Aug. 14, 2008. If you are interested please reply. I know we would be comforted in hearing stories of the life he chose. Personally it would mean alot to me if I could know he had a relationship with Christ. This tragedy and his lifesyle is leaving us with more questions than answers .. but he did not deserve what happened.
God Bless,
Man:D
Just name the time and place--I would love to participate in anything you guys are doing here. You can email me at chip.johnson@yahoo.com and I can reply with my phone number if that would be easier to get a hold of me. I will definitely be in town on the 14th.
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