November 2002 Vol.5, No. 9 Contents Is the World Ready for a Prophet of God? by Cecil E. Maranville Restoration: A Solution to Fear by Darris McNeely A Reluctant Empire by Darris McNeely The Coming Clash Between Europe and America by Melvin Rhodes Do You Have a Biblical Worldview? by John Ross Schroeder In Brief... World News Review by Cecil E. Maranville This Is the Way...Two Men and a Valley by Robin Webber Nov '02 Main This Is the Way... Two Men and a Valley In a world away and a lifetime apart from most of us, there lies a small and delicate valley tucked away into the steep and gorgeous hill country between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). There above the jungle-clad slopes, punctuated with picturesque rice paddies filtering down to quaint tribal villages below, stand two young men of Asia who have never spoken to one another. In fact, they have never met. They merely know one another from afar. This is their story. This is the story of so many young men who have put on the uniforms of their respective countries. And, it touches a truth in our lives. Recently, my wife and I traveled to Thailand to take part in a Christian leadership training program for local leaders who serve tribal groups and refugee camps in northern Thailand and Burma. After the seminar was completed, we went about three hours north of Chiang Mai, Thailand, towards our intended destination, the Royal Agricultural Project, which hovers in the shadows of the Burmese border. Here, nearly 30 years ago, the current monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, invested his royal prestige and influence in developing a project that would teach the highland people how to turn from the cash crop of opium to farming profitable long-term crops. This was quite an undertaking and transformation of an entire mind-set. These local residents had to overcome the very real pulls of "cashing" in on the profitable drug trade of exporting opium. A cloud over Shangri-la Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0211/way0211.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Two Men and a Valley" Other Articles by Robin Webber Thailand: _Serving in Thailand _Lesson in Wisdom _Thoughts for Thanksgiving World peace: _Restoration: Will One Good Man Stand Up? _Making Sense of a Fragmenting World _Day of Rain, Day of Sun _Memorials to Peace, Not War _Not by Might or by Power _Are There Different Gospels? _The Feast of Tabernacles: Jesus Christ Reigns Over All the Earth _When Will Suffering Cease? _This is the United Church of God _The Book of Revelation: Is it Relevant Today? _Neither Shall They Learn War Anymore _How World Peace Will Come _Mankind's Impossible Dream? _'Peace, Peace!' When There Is No Peace _The Feast of Peace _The Survival Game: Who Wins? _The Coming Age of Grace _The Feast of Prosperity _Jesus Christ's Unfinished Business _The Center of God's New Global Village _Peace in Nature - and Among All Peoples _God's Harvest Feasts: His Assurance of Hope for Mankind _The Biblical Festivals That Show How God Will Bring World Peace _What Will the Kingdom of God Mean for You? _Peace: The Hunger of Human Hearts _World Peace - Will It Ever Come? _Peace on Earth? _Real Peace Is More Than the Absence of War _Peace Arch: Symbol of Unity _War to End All Wars _The Wonderful World Beyond Today! Part 4: War and Peace _How Can We Find the Pathway to Peace? _Peace Kant Be Found War: _Global War Will Strike Again _The Lord of the Refugees _"Neither Shall They Learn War Anymore" _"'Peace, Peace!' When There Is No Peace _The Little Country That Could _To Tell the Truth _World News Review Jul 2001 _A 20th Century Retrospective:The Shot Still Reverberating Around the World _Political Correctness Hides the Truth _When 'The Great Game' Is Over _Asking the Tough Question: Has Religion Failed? _The Majority: Unknowing, Unaware and Unconcerned _A Brief History of America at War _What Have We Learned? _Has the Third World War Already Begun? _The Working Energy of Faith _60 Years After the War in Europe _Seeing It With Your Own Eyes _Food Insecurity in a Hungry World _War's Long Memory _War and Peace _"I Will Fight No More Forever" _Wars of Religion: An Ancient Scourge Reborn _The Coming New Religion _Jesus Christ's Olivet Prophecy: Where Are We Now? _Military Service and War _Introduction (GK) _War and Peace in the Middle East _A World Plagued With Human Suffering _Story Flow of the Book of Revelation _Does It Really Matter What You Believe? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Mar/Apr 1997 _Deadly Diseases: Again a Threat to Humanity? _Instant Epidemics: The New Breed of Weapons _When Will Mankind Find Peace? _Staying Alert in a Dangerous World: India and Pakistan _Will History Repeat Itself? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2002 _Coming Calamities: Does God Offer Protection? _2003: The Storm Clouds Gather _'I Hope We've Learned Our Lesson ...' _The Horsemen of Revelation: The Red Horse of War _What's at the Root of War? _Wars: The Chief Man-made Disaster _60 Years After World War II: What Have We Learned? _War & Peace _Wars of Religion: A Scourge Reborn _Know Jesus, Know Peace _The End of War, Terror and Other Bad Stuff _Man is a Wolf to Man _A Personal View of the Kosovo Conflict _When Will the Middle East Find Peace? _Children of War _Bomb Squad: Removing War's Deadly Aftermath _World War II: A View From Underground Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site