Seattle, WA

(May 1992): I mentioned in my letter two weeks ago that I would like to approach the Seattle Friday night SA fellowship about acting as a liaison between our group and Central Office. Well I submitted the idea to them at last night’s meeting and asked that they consider it for a week, discuss it at a brief business meeting and then decide the matter by group conscience. However, the group was so overwhelmingly in favor of committing to this level of support that they chose to vote in favor right away. They further wished to forward immediately a sum which had accumulated as surplus donations. 

We are maturing as a group in our collective recovery. Part of that process includes accepting responsibility for our role in supporting Twelfth Step work at the Central Office level, without which there would be no unity of spirit. 

A personal note: I want to thank you once again for the work you have done and are doing to prepare the way for those who will follow. Without SA I would have died in the darkness. Without Central Office there would be no Unity of Spirit, no SA, no hope. It is not possible to ever “repay” for my sobriety. All I have to offer is my willingness. God spoke to me through a plea for assistance and then He spoke to our Friday night group. We were willing. That is the miracle. That is how it works. When all is said and done, that is all that is truly ours to give; our willingness to surrender to His care. It is why He chose us to begin the work. It is what sets us apart.

(June 1992): The Ballard Fellowship in Seattle continues to thrive. In response to the request from Box 300, I will see what can be done to come up with a brief history of our Ballard Fellowship. In the near future I will be ordering yet another SA Meeting Guide from you, my third. Honest, I don’t throw them away. One was used as the seed for a new Monday night group in Seattle. That group has thrived now for six months and averages twelve members. The other guide was passed along to a member who is being led by his Higher Power to begin a group in a nearby state prison. God seems to be able to use the Meeting Guides better when they are right here as people are called to serve in this way. My Father is so mighty and yet so gentle, He takes my breath away. Keep up the good work at Central Office. God touch you today as you have touched so many.