"Oh Lord God, deliver us in Thy due time from the little narrow prison, almost as it were, total darkness of paper, pen and ink and a crooked, broken, scattered and imperfect language."

-Joseph Smith

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"

- Martin Luther King Jr.

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a person will worship something, have no doubt of that either. One may think that tribute is paid in secret, in the dark recesses of his or her heart, but it is not. That which dominates imagination and thoughts will determine life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we are worshiping. For what we are worshiping, we are
becoming.

-
from GATES OF HEAVEN


Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Victory!!!

Niankoro Yeah Samake is now the new Mayor of Oulessebougou, Mali! Congrats friend and God bless! This makes Yeah Mayor over 44 villages in Mali, West Africa and is a pretty great resume addition for when he runs for President in 2012. SO STRANGE it will be if he wins the Presidential election. Hi, my name is Shelby. My husbands name is James. We have five kids and a dog. We like the outdoors and traveling. One of our best friends is the PRESIDENT of Mali! I don't doubt the possibility of it. He would be excellent.
James and I with His Excellency Abdoulaye Diop Ambassador of Mali. Through Yeah we've have had the privilege of the Ambassador's company at two or three of the Mali Rising dinner auctions and he and his wife are very kind, stately and impressive people.
Yeah and their extremely cute daughter, Carmen.
Marissa and their extremely cute son, Keanon, at whose birth I was present. We love you guys!

2 comments:

Ali said...

Can I just say--you guys are awesome. I am amazed by the people you are and hope to be you some day. I don't want to just be like you. I want to BE you. ;)

Sunny said...

YEA!!! Wow! That's awesome! I'm so happy! I'm sure he'll do fabulous and I would not be surprised to see that he's won the presidency in 2012! That's so cool you guys!

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