First the man selected a tackle box Standing in his town rsquo s small bait shop he then filled a shopping cart with hooks lures bobbers line and weights Finally he added live bait and selected a new rod and reel ldquo Ever fished before rdquo the shop owner asked The man said no ldquo Better add this rdquo said the owner It was a first-aid kit The man agreed and paid then headed off to a day of not catching a thing mdash except snags on his fingers from his hooks and gear That wasn rsquo t Simon Peter [... more]

Some call him the ldquo tree whisperer rdquo Tony Rinaudo is in fact World Vision Australia rsquo s tree maker He rsquo s a missionary and agronomist engaged in a -year effort to share Jesus by combating deforestation across Africa rsquo s Sahel south of the Sahara Realizing stunted ldquo shrubs rdquo were actually dormant trees Rinaudo started pruning tending and watering them His work inspired hundreds of thousands of farmers to save their failing farms by restoring nearby forests reversing soil erosion Farmers in Niger for example have doubled their crops and their income providing food for an additional [... more]