So my workaholic sister Lauren, the excellent missionary (whom I affectionately call “Leaux” since she is serving in France), recently became concerned that, with the end of her mission looming large and thoughts of home working their way through her brain, she would become every missionary’s worst nightmare – *dun dun dun* – TRUNKY.
She expressed her worries to me in one of her emails home and asked for advice. I decided to get a little creative with my response…. Continue reading
photo: Huffington Post
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“The purpose of life
is to contribute
in some way to
making things better.”
Robert F. Kennedy“Are we being good ancestors?”
Jonas Salk
What would you do to save your home?
One man planted trees. His name is Jadav “Molai” Payeng, and his story is a remarkable one.
His home is in northeast India on Majuli Island. Though Majuli is the largest river island in the world, its position makes it vulnerable to flood waters that recede its shores every year. So vulnerable, in fact, that in the past 100 years, Majuli has lost 70% of its landmass, and at this rate, scientists predict that in the next couple of decades the island could completely disappear.
Rather than sit idly by, waiting for powerful river waters to wash his home away, Payeng planted trees. Continue reading
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