Letters January 1, 2003 ISSUE

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with contributions from Patricia Baskette, Verona T. Garciar, Yamila Pérez Boris, Alondra Miranda, Thierry Nurumbie, Eduardo Torfer, Juan Antonio Idjabe Neara

I'M INSPIRED!

I am extremely grateful for your Teen Herald magazines. After I read the articles, I'm full of inspiration. Everything seems to fit into place, and I know exactly what I want to do in life. I see all the important things in life — like love and kindness — clearer than ever before. I want to jump up and share all these wonderful thoughts with everyone I know. Thank you so much for this magazine. I look forward to reading the next issue.

Patricia Baskette
Rossville, Georgia, USA

HURRY!

I'm really looking forward to the next Teen Herald!!! Please hurry!

Verona T. Garciar Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

TEEN HERALD = BIG BENEFITS

I'm a twenty-year-old Methodist. My mother has been getting the [monthly] magazine El Heraldo de la Christian Science [Spanish Herald] for a while, and I enjoy reading the teen section. I find that the advice it gives to teens is really interesting, and I want to congratulate you for your dedication. I hope you continue doing this beautiful work for young people because it's going to be a big benefit to our lives.

Yamila Pérez Boris
Guantanamo, Cuba

THERE'S A SOLUTION

Hi! I want to thank you for your magazine. I like it a lot because it focuses on problems teens have, and how they can be solved through the study of Christian Science.

Alondra Miranda
Mexico City, Mexico

“REGULAR TEENS” & WORLD PEACE

I like the special Teen Herald because it helps wake me up to what it means to be a Christian Scientist. I enjoyed the interview about peace [with the Jewish and Palestinian boys] “We're regular teens, we just live in a special village.” We have a similar conflict here because of the war that's devastating our country. Above all, continue to publish these teen issues.

Thierry Nurumbie
e-mail from Africa

TALENT WITHOUT LIMITS

Thank you for the excellent work by the Herald team on the 2002 teen issue. I enjoyed reading the interview with Chris Evans, “A talent without limits,” very much, and how he applied the ideas that he learned in Christian Science. I think that this issue of the Herald gives us the opportunity to understand the challenges young people face today around the world, and to be able to support them in prayer.

Eduardo Torfer
Mexico City, Mexico

A LESSON FROM HAGAR

I have read, with much pleasure, your answer to a question about prostitution, sent in by an African girl: “I am an unemployed young woman. Sometimes it seems that prostitution is the only way to sustain myself, because I can't get a job. What else can I do?”

Your answer talked about [the Bible story of] Hagar and her son in the desert, and how they were helped by Cod [see Genesis 21: 9–21 ].

Through God's help, they found water in the heat of the desert. After reading your answer, I realized that pain doesn't come from the one God, who is filled with mercy. It is good to know that God is with those who suffer — especially the helpless, the orphans, and the lost. I will not stop saying that God is our refuge, a ship of salvation, a Noah's ark that saves all of creation, even the smallest animals.

Juan Antonio Idjabe Neara
Equatorial Guinea, Africa

Editor's note: The writer is referring to the teen Q&A column published in the special edition of the African Herald, June 2001. The Teen Herald received the letter this year.

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