I'm reluctant to contact Rafael, or "Ted" as you call him because they would open up new avenues for him to solicit funds from me ... another Heidi email. I assume you already contribute. If you please, at your next contribution, ask him why he does not use the name he was born with.
“I’m reluctant to contact Rafael, or “Ted” as you call him because they would open up new avenues for him to solicit funds from me”
Are you admitting to being vulnerable to someone soliciting funds from you? Are you really not that strong willed? Poor guy.