[英语美文诵读经典作品]英语美文诵读英语美文诵读ForLoveofChildren 给孩子的爱ThisslendervolumeopenswiththestoryofBeniah,aninfantrescuedbysanitationworkersfromthestackofgarbageinwhichhehadbeenlefttodie.WithouteverlosingsightofBeniahandthetoomanyotherdesertedchildren,theauthor,SharonEmecz,tellsthestoryofthetwohomesforabandonedchildren,HappyLifeKasaraniandHappyLifeJujaFarm,organizedintheareaofNairobi,Kenya.Developedmorethanadecadeagobytwoindomitablecouples,SharonandJimPowellfromDelawareintheUSA,andFaithandPeterKamaufromNairobi,thetwosettingsprovidethephysicalandemotionalfortsthatwouldotherwisehavebeendeniedthe102abandonedchildrennowlivingthere,aswellashavingnurturedthemanymorewhohavefoundadoptivehomes.Morethanthateven,thetwohomeshaveliterallysavedthelivesofallthosechildren.ThebookprovidesdetailofthestructureandfunctioningofTheHappyLifehomesallowingforanappreciationoftheirorganization(aswellasapatternfortheirreplication),andprovidesaswellbriefportraitsofsomeofthechildrensaved,ofthoseadultswhohaveoptedtoshareapartoftheirliveswiththemwhetherthroughworkorvolunteering,andtheadoptiveparentswhohavepledgedtosharetheirhomesandtheirlovewiththechildrenwhohaveetheirown.Ms.EmeczgivesthereaderarealsenseofthespiritualjourneyshehasundergoneintravelingfromLondontoNairobi,ajourneysheandherhusband,Steve,nowmakeatleastannually.英语美文诵读WhatIhaveLivedfor 我为何而生Threepassions,simplebutoverwhelminglystrong,havegovernedmylife:thelongingforlove,thesearchforknowledge,andunbearablepityforthesufferingofmankind.Thesepassions,likegreatwinds,haveblownmehitherandthither,inawaywardcourse,overadeepoceanofanguish,reachingtotheveryvergeofdespair.Ihavesoughtlove,first,becauseitbringsecstasy__ecstasysogreatthatIwouldoftenhavesacrificedalltherestofmylifeforafewhoursforthisjoy.Ihavesoughtit,next,becauseitrelievesloneliness__thatterriblelonelinessinwhichoneshiveringconsciousnesslooksovertherimoftheworldintothecoldunfathomablelifelessabyss.Ihavesoughtit,finally,becauseintheunionofloveIhaveseen,inamys...