God Grew Tired of us, and you are tired of post about this…
Melody Malenovsky (CCLD Student Intern) just finished reading John’s book and compiled a list of interesting things… I would love for this list to grow - as you read, please add in the comments section interesting facts or GOOD questions for later.
And seriously, the posts about this man will stop sometime soon… maybe.
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Born July 1974 (21)
13 the night of the raid – August 87 (41)
Cows are important (19)
3rd of six children – his father had 18 kids (21)
“The time to stop is when you can see what is in front of you.” (21)
Father was a judge (23)
Payment for killing someone was 100 cattle (man) / 50 cattle (woman)
Family accepted Christianity when he was 5
Blinded in left eye from sliver of wood until surgery in American (27)
July was the month of hunger (29)
You can make fun of someone by writing a song about them (29)
Learned moral lessons from riddles and stories (30-31)
War was prophesied by a turtle, cow, prophet (36) ? How did they get Bible?
? What does the 7 parallel lines on a Dinka man’s arm mean (36) How do you get them?
Mourning rituals (105)
Present day relationship with Abraham (126)
Opinions and views of American/ Western culture (127)
? What was his prophesy about (130)
Began 1st grade at 18 years old in Kenya (137)
“yes” was the first English word he understood (138)
? How long did it take to get through the Kenya educational system
He hand copied books from the library (155)
Relationship with Patath Thonchar (158)
Relationship with Christopher Quinn
Reconnected with family in 2002
Brought mother and younger sister to American in 2004 (244)
Married his wife Martha Arual Akech in 2005 (246-254)
Daughter born in 2006 (255)
Sudanese Lost Boys Foundation of NY (257-259)
? Is the clinic built that you hoped for (262)
“Africans for Africa” concept (264)
Flew back “home” in 2006 to look land over for the clinic (265)
Meet Brad Pitt at Film Festival in Utah in January 2006
The Film won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award (271-273)
Makes an elephant analogy about America (276)
Relationship with Jack Howard
Tons of stuff (277-281)
