GLOW VOJCES OF TRANSFOKMATION JAURA FORMENTING with LAURA ELLJOTT Glow: “Coming Home” Recounts my journey of self- discovery throughout the “Coming Home” is about how my first and powerful teacher of transformation, Rev. Ann Mugane, also called Mama John, taught me African continent and how I legrned to transform my suffering into highly positive vibes through the practice of Love in Action. After years of struggle and lack of self- direction, I reached a point where I knew that I had to let to turn the death of my mother and the end of my marriage into catalyst for global a change.Mama John turned to the nearly 100 children gathered before us and said go of my old self, heal myself, become a blank page for life to write on, and to connect with the world on a larger wavelength – the wavelength of compassion and love. I wanted to write about this experience for others going through tough times to help them learn how to transform their negative experiences. “We are people expecting MIR-A-CLES! You may not know. But God KNOWS our needs! And I always tell you that when you pray. God answers prayers in HIS OWN WAY. You never know what God is going to do after today. Isn’t that an answered prayer? He is a God working MIR-A-CLES. He is a God working MIR-A-CLES. We are expecting Him to perform miracles from today! AMEN!” Glow: “Sanctuary” Recounts my experience It is about how in the midst of establishing our animal sanctuary in Sicily, Italy, I would need sanctuary the most. Tecla and I decided to dedicate starting and running a much- needed animal sanctuary in RIFUGIO Rifugio Isola del Sole to my son Blaise, after he took his life. When we an area of the world with antiquated laws and non- conceived of the sanctuary, it was our experience that anything dark could existent humane education. It OLE DEL be transformed – a rebellious past, being the black sheep, not fitting in, feelings of unworthiness and shame. However, I had no idea how dark the recounts my personal journey throughout all the ups and world would become in the years after we first established the Rifugio. downs that with come something profound, the difficulties in starting from scratch, and how to transform any dark creating so Inspired by my experience with Tecla in Sicily, I visited other animal sanctuaries around the world– journey into something including Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Hawaii–to uncover their stories and understand how they used positive as | discover that their unique glow to affect positive global change in the world of animal welfare. where there is love, there is life. Glow: Sponsored” Tells heartfelt stories that speak to the positive impact of sponsorship and highlights expected and unexpected ways the experience has enriched the lives of everyone involved, including my own. Sponsorship is much more than a beautiful way to make a difference. It also teaches us that our differences aren’t that great. The more I work with different people in different countries all over the world, I realize just how similar we really are. We all need the same stuff–nourishing food to eat, a safe place to live, education, health, and the ability to pursue our unique strengths and talents. And it was this simple discovery that caused me to expand my sponsorship to more and more countries. Over the past 16 years, I’ve had the joy of sponsoring over 40 children around the world through PlanUSA. “Sponsored” profiles the wonderful stories that transpire from the sponsorship opportunity, told from the perspective of formerly sponsored adults, and Plan highlights the transformational difference sponsors made in their lives. Laura Formentini lauraformentini.com SOLAread more
Glow Voices of Transformation
