12.20.2004

Where it's at.

What in life will really last? In the end, will we be happier knowing that we gave our lives to help improve other's lives? Will we regret more what we did? Or those things that we didn't do?

I guess if you're going to start reading, maybe I should start where I'm at right now.

My home is in California, with my mom, three younger brothers and about five cats. I work in Florida with a missions organization called Book of Hope. www.bookofhope.net I travel around the world so I'm only in the states about 3 or 4 months of the year.

BOH is a missions organization that works in schools all over the world doing anti-drug and alcohol presentations. We present music, dramas and stories of our lives about the power of choices and morals. We also present each student with a copy of the Book of Hope.

What is the Book of Hope?

It's Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all put together in order to present Jesus' life in a way that students can relate to and understand. Regardless of your religious beliefs, I think we can all agree that Jesus, even though he lived long ago, he led a good life and can be regarded as a person of good character.

Currently BOH is involved in over 100 countries around the world, and the Book of Hope has been translated into over 60 different languages. Which means that we distribute a whole lot of books each year.

I get to travel to countries and help train and organize the local churches and student groups to do presentations in the schools of their city. So it's not the big smart Americans that come in to show everyone what we can do, it's people within the country doing the work.

So that's my work right now. I don't consider it a job. I get to talk to students all over the world. To hear them laugh, ask questions, see them smile and visit new places. It's really incredible. To be able to give your life to something that I know will make an eternal change in some young people.

...and Jesus is so much more than just a good moral person... find out...

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