Dear Mr. Lay =09Through all of the trials and negativity that is occurring I would like = to send these words of encouragement from my family and I.  I have been wit= h this company 21 years.
We have had many wonderful and exciting years wit= h Enron.
When I first met my wife six years ago she was 90% in both ears.
=  Through the blessing of our insurance plan she now today has 98% hearing c= apacity in both ears.
The many years of working for Enron has provided me = with a steady job and a good income, while allowing me to work on my Ph.D. =  The many friendships and relationships I have been blessed with through wo= rking for this company will be treasured for the rest of my life.
Yes, I a= m one of the employees who have lost their retirement, but through all of t= his my wife and I would like to send our vote of confidence to you and the = board to be able to find ways to make the impossible happen.
This company = was built to be one of the worlds largest companies through your efforts ov= er the past several years.
Yes, there has been experiments in going beyond=  normal paradigms and there has been mistakes made.
But through the mistak= es is where the true gift of learning and stability comes.
=09The ultimate challenge in life is not how much money one can make or tha= t first ultimate achievement.
The ultimate challenge in life is "CAN I DO = IT AGAIN?"
We believe, that Enron can learn from what is happening and even= tually become bigger, better, and stronger than it has ever been.
And we b= elieve that you, Ken Lay, CAN DO IT AGAIN, bigger and better than it was do= ne before.
=20 =09I remember once reading about Donald Trump going into bankruptcy.
He su= mmoned before him the best advisors in the world to pull the most educated = and smartest financial people together to find a solution, and he moved on = to build bigger and better investments.
"HE DID IT AGAIN."
=09The true answers to the impossible come from the heart during our quiet = moments with ourselves, in these moments I know you will find the answers.
=  My family and I have chosen to start the turn around of the negativity int= o a positive direction by believing that you and our board can make the imp= ossible happen.
We have freely chosen to take the last $10,000 we have in = our 401k and invest it into Enron Stock as a show of faith to ourselves tha= t we believe the impossible can happen.
If anyone does not have the faith = in themselves to make this happen please let our faith in you be yours for = now.
Enron has always tried to go beyond the normal paradigms and can take=  advantage of this tremendous opportunity to create the impossible and do s= omething that has never been done before.
"WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!"
=09My family and I send all of you our love, faith and belief in yourself t= o do the impossible  Michael Underwood Northern Natural Gas Minneapolis, Minnesota

Words of encouragement