Als ich letzten wieder mal am Flughafen war, sah ich all die Schilder, die vor der Schweinegrippe warnen. Und was man Alles tun muss um sich zu schützen.

Soviel Angst und Furcht steckt dahinter. Ich dachte kurz darüber nach wie stark diese Furcht und Angst die Gedanken der Menschen beeinflussen wollen. Gleichzeitig dachte ich darüber nach, wie man sich vor dieser angsterfüllten Beeinflussung frei halten kann. Ein Wortspiel half mir dabei. Schweinegrippe ( swine flu) = Schweineinfluenza ( swine influenza)= Influence =der Einfluss, Beeinflussen (Influence). (more…)

On Tuesday October the 13th, our last night in Chile, Susie gave her first Spanish youth lecture in the Santiago Park Plaza hotel. As a spirited group of more than 70 people mingled and found seats, two Sunday school students played violin and guitar. Following a warm introduction by a church member, Susie launched into the topic, “Adventures in the Good Life” or “Aventuras en la Buena Vida.” The audience readily engaged with the questions Susie asked and the opportunities for interactivity. Following the lecture, many asked questions and told us they were grateful for the simple, clear, and practical message of Christian Science. Half of those who attended were not church members, several newcomers came because of ads in the local paper, and fourteen copies of Science of Health were sold.

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El 13 de octubre, nuestra última noche en Chile, Susie dio su primera conferencia para jóvenes en español. Fue en el hotel Santiago Park Plaza. A medida que un animado grupo de más de 70 personas se iba ubicando, dos alumnos de la Escuela Dominical tocaron violín y guitarra. Después de una cálida presentación por un miembro de la iglesia Susie avanzó en el tema “Aventuras en la buena vida”. La audiencia rápidamente participó respondiendo las preguntas que proponía Susie y hubo oportunidad para mucha interacción con todos. Después de la conferencia, muchos hicieron preguntas y nos dijeron que estaban agradecidos por el mensaje simple, claro y práctico de la Christian Science. La mitad de los concurrentes a la conferencia no eran miembros de iglesia, varios eran visitantes nuevos que vinieron por un aviso en el diario local y se vendieron catorce copias de Ciencia y Salud. (more…)

Follow TMC Youth’s Susie Jostyn and her husband Jay as they travel through Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. Susie will be giving youth lectures and TMC Youth presentations, and will be hosting Sunday School workshops and various youth meetings. (more…)

by Michele Tyler

It was a long trip from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Boma, downriver towards the coast about 300 kilometers. We arrived in Boma by night, after a “6 hour trip” which actually took 12 hours. The very uncomfortable bus had been flying all day long on what passes in this part of Africa for a major highway. But no complaints, on the contrary, Congolese facilitators and a mostly U.S. team of TMC Youth had linked so well that we finished our trip in the middle of laughter, jokes, songs, and general high spirits.

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by Pedro Manzenza

I am Christian Science nurse and I traveled to Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo with the TMC Youth team for the recent Summits.

After the Cameroon Summit we went to Boma in the DRC where we had a Summit on Saturday. One of our group, a Christian Science practitioner, was really interested in visiting an orphanage. I was interested in visiting, too. (more…)

Nathaniel – Christian Science Sentinel, July 21 and 28, 2008

While touring Asia a couple of years ago, my brother, Forrest, and I embarked on a trek that would carry us to a mountain base camp high in the Annapurna Mountains of central Nepal.

The altitude gain, and particularly fears about altitude sickness, was something that had preoccupied my thought days before we’d begun the trek. And now, walking up smooth, stone stairways through the subtropical mountain landscape, I was tempted to carefully monitor our gain—even converting meters to feet to keep perspective.

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Fifteen minutes after the Pakistani pilot prays in Urdu over the intercom system for a safe flight, signifying my plane has taken off from Islamabad, we are flying above the mystical Karakoram mountains. Cumulus and crevice are indistinguishable at this height.

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Day 9:

Now that we have left Petals School our working adventure has come to an end. Although it was really hard to leave, as we began our safari we were amazed by the wildlife. We saw any and every African animal you can imagine, except for the rhino, and they were so close! It was a perfect ending to an incredible beginning. We have already begun to plan our trip back, and we look forward to the continuation of our sisterhood.

by Michael Morgan

After three days of trekking through the Himalayas, I developed a sharp pain in my knee. After nine hours of walking in the pouring rain, carefully dodging, and many times slipping on, steep wet rocks, we finally began to descend into the small village where we would be staying. Due to space efficiency I had left my Science and Health back at the hotel in Kathmandu and only had my Bible Lesson. On returning to the hotel I struggled, trying to steer my thoughts away from the pain and onto the beautiful surroundings: Soul manifested.

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