Three Cups of Tea:One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace,
One School At A Time.
By Greg Mortenson
and
David Oliver Relin
While I was sitting with the lights out on Earth Day 2011 I cheated a little and finished listening to the book I have been listening to for the last couple weeks. I can imagine my contacts on FB will be glad that I am done as I have been posting links while listening to this book. But my contacts here on Multiply have not been pestered yet (except those of you who are on both of the contact lists) so here is a post on "Three Cups Of Tea".
This is a very inspiring book about a man who becomes lost while attempting to mountain climb in Pakistan and is taken in by villagers who he becomes fond of in the time it takes for his guide to find him. As a result of relationships that were built while he was staying in the village he finds his passion for life in returning to Pakistan at regular intervals and building schools for the villages children and encouraging education, especially for girls. The book covers his struggle to get the first project off the ground and covers approximately ten years of Greg Mortenson's hard work. The message is clear through out the book that the real way to fight terror is not with bombs but rather with education and through building relationships. Please click on the three links scattered through out the title and the author's names to learn more of this man's work. And do some searching on your own over at YouTube to enjoy many fine videos on this subject.
This really was a fine and inspiring book, and one can only be in awe at all Greg Mortenson went through to make all the projects for schools he undertook. A fine choice Mary Ellen.
ReplyDeleteThank you Doug. I liked the book especially well because it was not religious per say. It explained some of the Muslim practices but it was clear that the schools that he built were not pushing Christianity or any other faith. The book was also critical of the schools that were built with Saudi money that pushed Muslim extremist education and explained how important it was for an alternative to be offered to the children of these villages.
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