Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time Reviews

This is such a great depiction of a culture so many people misrepresent. And it'll remind you how we should all focus on peace a little more. Well written and different than anything else out there. fantastic great read. It's really interesting how many people have misunderstand this man. True story.

I can't even begin to share how impaortant I feel this story is.  While this country is spending billions on what we like to call the fight on terror, Greg Mortenson manages to go into Pakistan and Afghanistan and build schools.  He learns the languages and the customs.  He acts respectful and takes advice.  He keeps his promises.  He lives on almost nothing so that every penny can go to the children who need his help.  I'm overwelmed that all these things seem so novel. Mr. Mortenson didn't start out to change the world.  He just wanted to build a school in a village which had nursed him...

Three Cups of Tea

co written by Greg Mortenson and David Relin is a thought provoking story of a part of the world that most Americans only hear about on the nightly news.  Mortenson started as a mountain climber  and ended up as a builder of schools in a harsh and inhospitable  land in Pakistan and Afghanistan.  In the course of little over a decade he was able to build 10 schools for both boys and girls in a land that didn't believe in schools for females. I would recommend this book to individuals and book clubs.