Because most issues are life issues, if you think about it.
Henry has died. Please pray for his family.
Just as God gives us loved ones and does not lose them in giving, so we do not lose them in returning them to Him. For life is eternal, love is immortal, and death is just a horizon beyond which we cannot see with narrow, earthly vision.
— Author Unknown
#alliesIn honour of Martin Luther King Day, here's a photo from 1965 of Toronto showing support of the civil rights movement. ow.ly/X84gX
“This community provided a safe place for me; all of Knoxville did,” he says. “So why we don’t have it in our store? I’m just paying it forward. I was lucky to learn from a lot of great people in Knoxville, and our whole store is a small mirror of Knoxville. We try to keep anything negative out of our place, and even if we have this negativity, we turn it into positive things. I always believe fighting hate with love is the best way to do it.”
The American Dream – How Yassin Terou became Knoxville’s Biggest Champion
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It’s hard to imagine where Yassin Terou might be had his native country not collapsed into civil war the year he left it for good. Today, Syria is a shell of its former self. Terou, who established YaI do this.
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