I'm interning with the Children's and Family ministry here. My supervisor passed along Greg Mortenson's book, as we had left-overs from our recent VBS. This year's theme was Going Global with God: Pakistan, so the planning team read Mortenson's books to get a feel for the current state of affairs.
While attempting to climb the Karakoram mountains in 1993, Mortenson found himself the recipient of robust Pakistani hospitality. He committed to building a school for the villagers who helped; the relationship blossomed and Mortenson continued to build over fifty schools over the ensuing years.
Apparently his memoir's are controversial. Some dispute the veracity of his claims to have built so many schools. Read more about that here. I have not read either of his books, but will eventually.
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