{"id":3883,"date":"2009-07-17T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2009-07-13T18:46:51","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T00:46:51","slug":"three-cups-of-tea-by-greg-mortenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/three-cups-of-tea-by-greg-mortenson\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1025040\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3923\" title=\"three cups of tea\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/three-cups-of-tea1.jpg?resize=240%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"three cups of tea\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/three-cups-of-tea1.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/three-cups-of-tea1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>No, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1025040\" target=\"_blank\">Three Cups of Tea<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is not a new book &#8212; it was published in 2006 &#8211; but I just got around to reading it.\u00a0 Many of you may already be familiar with this\u00a0book by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin &#8212; it&#8217;s\u00a0subtitle\u00a0is &#8220;One Man&#8217;s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations.\u00a0&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mortenson, barely alive after failing to\u00a0summit\u00a0K-2 in 1993, wanders lost and alone \u00a0into a\u00a0remote area of\u00a0Pakistan, and is cared by the villagers there for seven weeks.\u00a0\u00a0In gratitude, he promises to return\u00a0to build a school for the\u00a0children who&#8217;ve been learning their lessons\u00a0by scratching in the dirt.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Raising the funds proves challenging, but\u00a0after many setbacks, he\u00a0not only keeps his promise &#8212; he eventually\u00a0builds more than 50 schools throughout rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>As his mission continues\u00a0after 9\/11, he is met with death threats, a kidnapping, and many cultural challenges in dangerous Taliban territory.\u00a0 Still, the overall\u00a0lesson one takes away from this book is that one person really <em>can<\/em> change the world.<\/p>\n<p>What about the title?\u00a0 Well, it&#8217;s from an\u00a0old Baltistan proverb.\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger.\u00a0 The second time, you are\u00a0an honored guest.\u00a0 The third time, you become family.&#8221;\u00a0 I can&#8217;t help but wonder how much better our world would be if we all could share just three cups of tea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, Three Cups of Tea is not a new book &#8212; 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