What are you reading today?

My sister told me about a book that I am reading right now and am loving. It is inspiring me as I think about my journey to Africa with its highs and lows before I even get there.

This is an astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in the Taliban's backyard.



Here is a favorite passage so far:


"That day, Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life." Mortenson says. "We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly. We're the country of thirty-minute power lunches and two-minute football drills. Our leaders thought their 'shock and awe" campaign could end the war in Iraq before it even started. Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught me that I had more to learn from the people I work with than I could ever hope to teach them."

Don't miss this fun and engaging book. It will get you thinking about your life!