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Mortenson is a great person with great personality, who is a great role model for Americans. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace. The book is very alive; the minute I started reading the book, I could not put it down or leave it.
He truly used his heart and intelligence to bring peace worldwide. This made me recommend it to everyone, including schools here and overseas. I am grateful that he listened to his heart to help promote education, especially for girls, in a country like Pakistan, which prohibits girls from attending school.
I just had to keep reading it. After reading the entire book from front to back, I thought of Mortenson as a living legend of the legends. He is a true hero.
In fact, I have already passed on my book to one of my friends. One School at a Time
A wonderful account of how a man is working to change the world through education. I found it impressive that he was committed to bringing education to both boys and girls, even when it would have been easier to cave into pressure and not help the girls. Greg Mortensen, a climber, comes to understand the needs of a remote village in Pakistan. He makes a commitment to help them build a school and this one project becomes a mission to bring education in to people with little chance for improving their lives otherwise. I find it enlightening that education is the key to bringing about understanding and peace as it gives people hope of a better future. Truly inspiring.
A book I would recommend to the President of the United States and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. What we need to do to win in Afghanistan or anywhere else.
Three Cups of Tea: One Mans Mission to Promote Peace is a well executed read. However, this is not simply about an education, it is about learning to accept, and beleive in others. It has all the elements: suspense, intrigue, compassion, and hope. In the harsh environments of Pakistan and Afghanistan,in regions most of the world has all but forgotten, Greg Mortensen is able to build friendships and trust in order to provide a basic education for all children----especially women. In a time when most Westerner's beleive that all people of Islamic nations are the same, the story of the founding of CAI, along with the strength, support and determination of not only Greg Mortensen, but the faith and support that village elders place in him, truly enlightens. These people are simply people, and they need to be recognized.A truly fantastic book---I have already suggested this read to many of my friends, and family.
This is a wonderfully, touching book that sends a powerful message to anyone who reads it. He is completely accepting that he is the foreigner, and adapts to his surroundings rather than trying to change them.
After he stumbled into a Pakistani village, disoriented and lost, he was moved by the kindness of the villagers and promised to return to help them build a school. And so began his life's mission to spread peace through education.
This book tells Greg Mortenson's amazing story. What makes him so incredible is that, unlike so-called missionaries who travel through the poorest regions of the world to promote religion, Greg promotes education without demeaning the locals' way of life.
After reading this book, I can say that Greg Mortenson is one of my heroes. His perseverance and dedication to his cause is unwavering, even through an 8 day detainment by the Taliban.
In doing so he has gained the respect of the people he helps, and it is the basis of work. I highly recommend this book.
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