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foreman_60203
Posted: 5/30/03
GEORGE FOREMAN:
Heaven-bound heavyweightGeorge Foreman, two-time former heavyweight boxing champion and globally renowned corporate spokesman, is also an ordained minister and founder of the George Foreman Youth and Community Center in Houston.
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In your book, you talk about your childhood–how you were raised in extreme poverty and had to learn everything the hard way. What was it like for you growing up?
I was raised in a one-parent home, and my mother had to work two jobs. When you're in a single-parent home, they try to give you a good foundation, but by the time you're 4 or 5 years old, from that point on you're pretty much on your own. You get your hand burned, and you learn not to put your hand on the fire. So everything I learned I had to learn the hard way. There are seven of us total, I'm number five of seven kids, four boys and three girls. Most of my childhood I was raised in the city of Houston, where I am now. But I started my boxing career in California.
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05/30/2003 - By John Rutledge
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sanangelo_51903
Posted: 5/19/03
Members of Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo dedicate lumber to be used in the Habitat project, part of the church's 25th anniversary celebration.”To have children give $2.50 for a 2 x 4 stud, and then to see that stud become a part of someone's house, that's when missions becomes real.” San Angelo church builds a mission project in parking lot
By George Henson
Staff Writer
SAN ANGELO–Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo may be setting a record for the shortest distance ever traveled on a mission trip. This mission is taking shape on the church parking lot.
05/23/2003 - By John Rutledge
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iraq_51903
Posted: 5/19/03
Iraqi Christians fear for safety
By Mark Mueller
Religion News Service
BAGHDAD, Iraq (RNS)–Two weeks ago, Raad Karim Essa arrived home from work to find his furniture on the street. His Muslim landlord wasn't renting to Christians anymore.
Father Adda, an Assyrian Orthodox Christian, prepares for Palm Sunday at his ancient monastery on Mount Maqloub, just outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, April 19. The monastery was built in 363 A.D., and its renovation was funded by ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Although Iraq under Saddam was primarily a Muslim state, the regime tolerated other religious groups. In post-war Iraq, Christians increasingly express fear that a Shiite Muslim majority will not grant freedom of worship for all. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic Photo) 05/23/2003 - By John Rutledge
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