Monday, July 3, 2023
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JOHN HOLT
I MET JOHN AND SANDRA AFTER I HAD LOSS A YOUNG ARMY VETERAN FROM THE MIDLE EAST WARS, A NEPHEW TO SUICIDE. I HAD BURRIED A SON-IN-LAW ON HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY.
I NEEDED TO GIVE MY TIME TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
JOHN AND THE VOC GAVE ME A PURPOSE TO HELP YOUNG VETERANS. JOHN AT THAT TIME WAS THE LEAD DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELOR AT RICHARD’S HOUSE.
JOHN COUNSELED ME ON WORKING AND BEING THERE FOR THE VETERANS. BE CAREFUL THIER ADDICTIONS AND TURMOIL COULD PULL ME IN. I WAS A VOLUNTER DRIVER AND CONDFIDENT.
JOHN WAS THE FATHER, UNCLE, GRANDFATHER, OR SENIOR RELATIVE FIGURE TO THESE YOUNG MEN (40 +/- ). THEY CAME WITH PHYSICAL WOUNDS, MENTAL ISSUES, PTSD, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDITIONS. HE WAS HONEST WITH THEM, THEY NEW THE RULES, HE INFORCED THE RULES WHICH KEEPT RH A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.
JOHN DID HIS BEST TO KEEP HIS DEAMONS AT BAY. A FEW YEARS AGO, I SAW HIM FOR THE LAST TIME AT THE CANANDAIGUA VETERANS’ HOSPITAL. HE WAS THERE WITH A FEW OTHER VETERANS I KNEW FROM RH.
ALL OF JOHN’S PAIN AND SUFFERING IS OVER.
JOHN YOU ARE RELEVED FROM YOUR POST HERE ON EARTH.
MAY YOU NOW BE AT PEACE
