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12 <div align="Right">Andrew DeFaria<br>
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13 6187 Ellerbrook Way<br>
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14 San Jose, California 95123-5012<br>
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15 Home: (408)-363-0562<br>
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16 Work: (408)-845-5321<br>
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17 Email: <a href="mailto:Andrew@DeFaria.com">Andrew@DeFaria.com</a>
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21 <div align="Left">Connie Miller<br>
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22 2834 S Extension Rd #2033<br>
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23 Mesa, Arizona 85210<br>
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27 I see that Jon has declined my Express Mail that I recently sent to you.
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28 I assume that he did not even read the letter contained inside. I realize
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29 that you do not have to help Olga and I. I realize that he would rather forget
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30 that time of his life. But does he realize that he just kicked a man when
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31 he was down? A good, honest man who has been beaten down to the ground so
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32 many times this past year. All he needed to do was to sign and return a simple
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33 little statement whose words were the truthful words that we spoke of on the
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34 phone last November. It would have been very helpful to me and to Olga. But
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35 instead he decided to refuse to help Olga and I. Now I risk spending a lot
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36 of money in an attempt to get Olga here anyway. I risk a lot more emotional
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37 pain if I am to fail, due in large part to his decision "not to get involved".
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38 And my daughter also stands to suffer from this. I do not know how I can face
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39 her and tell her that Olga is again not going to be able to come here and
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40 be her mommy. How many times must I break my own daughter's heart! Oh Lord
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41 I hope that this works this time even without Jon's statement because I probably
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42 could not bear the pain if it fails again. For the first time in my life
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43 I'm actually worried that I might go into a more severe depression than I
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44 did last time and may even do something stupid to myself if my attempt fails
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45 this time. He may or may not feel partly responsible for such I cannot tell.
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46 I'm just telling you how I feel and what I worry about. <br>
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48 And, although he may not be fond of Olga, he is condemning her to a miserable
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49 existence should we fail this time. He is also condemning me to a low of
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50 emotional pain as well as my daughter. I find it hard to believe that he
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51 is this heartless, vindictive and cruel. I cannot understand his refusal
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52 to accept my Express Mail and his apparent reluctance to help me. <br>
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54 Connie this is me, Andrew DeFaria, speaking to you. I'm a real person with
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55 real feelings. Like most people I bleed when pricked and cry when hurt. I
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56 have been stomped on at just about every turn this past year from my government,
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57 the INS, Department of State, my Congressmen and Senators. My emotions have
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58 been frayed and frazzled by so many people I cannot even count them. My patience
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59 tried time and time again. Yet I have been focused and concentrated on but
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60 one thing, a thing that I have been desperately trying to achieve for a long
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61 time and that is to get my own family going again. I want to have babies so
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62 that my daughter would not be an only child. I want a wife and a family filling
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63 my house. I've been knocked down with the economic slowdown, almost lost
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64 my house, almost had to move away from my only family, my daughter, to West
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65 Virginia. I lost my fiancée, Olga for a full year now due to these
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66 problems that your husband can help me with. My only contact with her has
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67 been by phone as I can't afford to go out there. I have been kicking and
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68 screaming and trying, trying, trying to put my life back together - back to
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69 where it should be - back to where it was before it all blew up. I do not
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70 want to stop, to give up on my dream to make a family once again. If I fail
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71 this time getting Olga here I do not know how I will survive that blow again.
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74 The consular's main issue was with Olga and Jon's marriage. Now I must go
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75 there with nothing in my hand to satisfy this issue with the Embassy.<br>
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77 We talked for a while on the phone last November. I felt that you really
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78 understood me, Olga and our situation. I thought you agreed that people change
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79 over time and that you could see how Olga should have another chance. I felt
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80 that you were a compassionate person and that you were willing to help us.
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81 Will you give us another chance? Could you not find it in your heart to help
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82 me before it's too late?<br>
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84 I've included a copy of a sample statement that my lawyer had drafted up.
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85 Again time is running out for me and I would really appreciate it if you
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86 could do this for me.<br>
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93 <blockquote>Sincerely,<br>
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95 <img src="http://defaria.com/Images/Signature.gif" alt="Andrew DeFaria" width="200" height="37">
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98 Andrew DeFaria<br>
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