Zitat des Tages von Tom Catena:
My father and mother are Muslims. But from the moment I started talking, I decided I was a Christian. They let me.
Probably 99 percent of Nuba are subsistence farmers. They have maybe two or three cattle, a few goats. Now there are food shortages, so they're very thin. But traditionally, they are very strong and muscular. They grow sorghum, okra, a bit of corn, some peanuts. If they need money, they'll sell one of their animals or sell some sorghum.
I was influenced very much by St. Francis of Assisi, whose idea was to radically live the gospel. He was not a priest, or even a brother. He was a layperson. His whole concept was to emulate Christ through the gospels, and to live it in a radical way.
The Sudanese army has retaken some towns. The people there are all living in caves because the Sudanese army is shelling their villages.
I realized mechanical engineering doesn't much lend itself to missionary work.
Food is a weapon - a very effective weapon. People don't cultivate, don't farm, you cut the road off, then you subjugate them very easily.
My parents have been married 50-some years, and I've never heard them fight. I got the chance to attend great universities and medical school.
I was with a Navy F-18 squadron, and I know a single squadron could finish off the entire Sudanese air force in a day.