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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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One Thousand Wells: How an Audacious Goal Taught Me to Love the World Instead of Save It

One Thousand Wells: How an Audacious Goal Taught Me to Love the World Instead of Save It

Nardella, Jena Lee
Miller, Donald

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ISBN10: 1501110195
ISBN13: 9781501110191
Publisher: Howard Books
Published: Jun 21 2016
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Jena Nardella, cofounder of Blood: Water and one of Christianity Today's 33 Under 33, shares a captivatingly honest (Publishers Weekly) account of how her passion for saving the world grew into a humbler, long-term calling of loving the world in all its brokenness in this beautifully written memoir.Ten years ago, Jena Lee Nardella was a fresh-out-of-college, twenty-something with the lofty goal of truly changing the world. Armed with a diploma, a thousand dollars, and a dream to build one thousand wells in Africa, she joined forces with Grammy Award-winning band Jars of Clay to found Blood: Water and begin her mission. Jena's dream for her nonprofit turned that initial $1 into $20, and then $100, and today into more than $25 million. Working throughout eleven countries in Africa, Blood: Water has provided healthcare for over 62,000 people in HIV-affected areas and has partnered with communities to provide clean water for more than one million people in Africa. But along the way she faced many harsh realities that have tested her faith, encountered corruption and brokenness that nearly destroyed everything she'd fought for, and learned that wishful thinking will not get you very far. Jena discovered true change comes only when you stop trying to save the world and allow yourself to love it, even when it breaks your heart. With a fresh, intelligent, and winsome voice, Jena Lee Nardella weaves an evocative, personal narrative filled with honest and hard-won lessons that demonstrate the amazing things that can happen when you fight for your dreams.

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