Asunción, Paraguay - “You’re crazy.” Not exactly the benediction we were looking for, but it seemed like those were always the first words we heard from people while organizing our “Cattle Drive for Peace and Unity,” through the rugged outback of Paraguay. We were proposing to drive 150 cattle, all of them pregnant, a distance of 170 kilometers (106 miles) over hostile landscape and iffy roads.

Nairobi, Kenya - With the conclusion of the Global Peace Festival in Paraguay, the news of its resounding success swept through many communities in Kenya as the nation prepares to host her first GPF, August 29 to 31. On July 12, volunteers cleared trash from a 300-meter length of the Nairobi River. This cleanup campaign has attracted dozens of partner agencies, hundreds of volunteers, and various government offices to pool their efforts to restore this landmark feature that cuts across the nation's capital.

Asuncion, Paraguay - The day after the July 5 grand event at Club Olimpia Stadium in Asuncion, the major Paraguayan newspapers carried detailed reports of the six-hour program.

To appreciate the social and governmental climate, it is worth noting that no Americans or member of the Allied Forces have been killed in the Kurdistan Regional Government area of Iraq. The Kurds have similar characteristics to the Koreans in that they been attacked many times over hundreds of years but have resisted the notion of fighting back. Consequently, in the epicenter of this century’s most chaotic and war-torn region, a culture of peace has been cultivated virtually unnoticed by the world.