Dear friends,

This is not an easy letter to write.  

Marilyn and I have decided that, in our current situation, we need 
to turn to friends and family for help.

You may not have heard that we sustained a major earthquake here 
in Colima, Mexico.  We are safe and sound.  Gracias a Dios.  The 
epicenter of the 7.8 quake was only a few miles from our ranch. 

The first week passed with us in a state of such thankfulness to 
be alive, that the loss of our transformer, that supplies the 
electricity to our house and farm operations, didn't seem like such 
a big deal. We have been without electricity before. It wasn't 
until the aftershocks settled down that that we could focus on what 
had happened to us. We were out of production for two weeks and now 
are faced with extensive bills towards repairing our transformer 
and irrigation system as well as structural repairs to our house 
and business building. We are now in production with clients 
waiting for our coconut oil and dried coconut. However we are 
totally without the money to move forward. Our only assets outside 
of Mexico are a small property and car in Ohio, and they can not be 
sold fast enough to solve this situation. 

We are asking people who have known us well for many years to loan 
us money to get us back on our feet. We feel that if we find people 
who are in a position to loan us $500.00 each we will be able to 
move ahead from this crisis. We do not wish to burden or impose on 
any of our friends and we will understand if this is not something 
that you would be comfortable in doing. We place friendship above 
anything material. 

Our repayment plan is to pay one person back at a time as we can 
do so. We will not be at peace until this is done. 

If you would like to help we have listed our U.S. bank account 
information.  Please notify us by email if you make a transfer so 
we can record it. 

FifthThird Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio- Mt. Washington Branch 

James and Marilyn Needham 

Account- 41-655759 


Heartfelt thanks for our years of friendship that made writing this 
letter possible. 


James ( mexicorganico@yahoo.com ) and Marilyn ( marilynneedham@yahoo.com )