I bring to you today a story of courage and determination. It also shows how many people still need to be reached with the story of a new way to live taught to us by Jesus. This is a video of a TED Talk. I get a new one of these downloaded to iTunes every day. Most are either inspirational or educational–usually both.
This is the story of a girl who demanded school. Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: She would undergo the traditional Maasai rite of passage of female circumcision if he would let her go to high school. Ntaiya tells the fearless story of continuing on to college, and of working with her village elders to build a school for girls in her community. It’s the educational journey of one that altered the destiny of 125 young women.
It sort of makes me wonder what I’ve been doing with my life.
[Note: you’ll have to follow the link to the talk. I forgot to put on my to-do list to allow embedding video on this site. But it’s worth the watch. Enjoy.]
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