A WOR(L)D of THANKS

LANGUAGE :: TRANSLATION

AFRIKAANS :: dankie
ALBANIAN :: faleminderit
ALSATIAN :: merci
ARABIC :: chokrane
ARABIC (ALGERIAN) :: sahite
ARABIC (TUNISIAN) :: Barak Allahu fiik
ARMENIAN :: chnorakaloutioun
ASANTE TWI :: meda wo ase
AZERI :: çox sag olun / tesekkur edirem
BAMBARA :: a ni kié
BAMOUN :: ayùe
BASQUE :: eskerrik asko (southern basque) / milesker (northern basque)
BELARUSIAN :: Дзякую (dziakuju)
BENGALI :: dhanyabaad
BISHLAMAR :: tangio tumas
BOBO :: a ni kié
BOSNIAN :: hvala
BRETON :: trugéré / trugaré / trugarez
BULGARIAN :: мерси (merci) / благодаря (blagodaria)
BURMESE :: (thint ko) kyay tzu tin pa te
CATALAN :: gràcies
CEBUANO :: salamat
CHECHEN :: Баркал (barkal)
CHEROKEE :: wado
CHICHEWA :: zikomo
CHINESE :: (MANDARIN) xièxie (simplified: 谢谢 - écriture traditional: 謝謝)
CORSICAN :: grazie
CROATIAN :: hvala
CZECH :: děkuji / díky
DANISH :: tak
DARI :: tashakor
DARIJA :: choukran
DOGON :: gha-ana / birepo
DUALA :: na som
DUTCH :: dank u wel (formal) / dank je (informal)
ENGLISH :: thank you
ESPERANTO :: dankon
ESTONIAN :: tänan / tänan väga (thank you very much)
EWÉ :: akpé
FANG :: akiba
FAROESE :: takk fyri
FIDJIAN :: vinaka
FINNISH :: kiitos
FRENCH :: merci
FRISIAN :: dankewol
FRIULAN :: gracie
GALICIAN :: gracias / graciñas
GALLO :: merkzi
GEORGIAN :: დიდი მადლობა (didi madloba)
GERMAN :: danke
GREEK :: ευχαριστώ (efharisto)
GUARANÍ :: aguyjé
GUJARATI :: aabhar
HAITIAN CREOLE :: mèsi
HAUSA :: nagode
HAWAIIAN :: mahalo
HEBREW :: toda
HINDI :: dhanyavad
HUNGARIAN :: köszönöm
ICELANDIC :: takk
IGBO :: imela / daalu
INDONESIAN :: terima kasih
INUPIAT taiku
IRISH GAELIC :: go raibh maith agat (to 1 person) / go raibh maith agaibh (to several people)
ITALIAN :: grazie
JAPANESE :: arigatô
KABYLIAN :: tanemmirt
KANNADA :: dhanyavadagalu
KAZAKH :: rahmet
KHMER :: អគុណ (orkun)
KIKONGO :: matondo
KINYARWANDA :: murakoze
KIRUNDI :: murakoze
KOREAN :: 감사합니다 (gamsa hamnida)
KOTOKOLI :: sobodi
KRIO :: tenki
KURDISH :: spas
KYRGYZ :: Рахмат (rahmat)
LAKOTA :: wopila / pilamaya
LAO :: khob chai (deu)
LARI :: matondo
LATIN :: gratias ago (from 1 pers.)
gratias agimus (from X pers.)
LATVIAN :: paldies
LIGURIAN :: gràçie
LINGALA :: matondi
LITHUANIAN :: ačiū
LOW SAXON :: bedankt / dank ju wel
LUXEMBOURGEOIS :: merci
MACEDONIAN :: благодарам (blagodaram, thank you) / фала (fala, thanks)
MALAGASY :: misaotra
MALAY :: terima kasih
MALAYALAM :: nanni
MALTESE :: niżżik ħajr / grazzi / nirringrazzjak
MANGUISSA :: abouï ngan
MAORI :: kia ora
MARATHI :: aabhari aahe / aabhar / dhanyavaad
MICMAC :: welalin
MONGOLIAN :: bayarlalaa (Баярлалаа)
MORÉ :: barka
NORWEGIAN :: takk
OCCITAN :: mercé / grandmercé
OJIBWE :: miigwetch
OSSETIAN :: бузныг [buznyg]
PAPIAMENTU :: danki
PASCUAN :: mauruuru
PASHTO :: manana
PERSIAN :: motashakkeram, mamnun (formal) / mochchakkeram, mamnun, mersi (informal)
POLISH :: dziękuję
PORTUGUESE :: obrigado (M speaking) / obrigada (F speaking)
PUNJABI :: sukriya
QUECHUA :: sulpáy
ROMANI :: najis tuke
ROMANIAN :: mulţumesc
RUSSIAN::  спасибо (spacibo)
SAMOAN :: faafetai lava
SANGO :: singuila
SARDINIAN :: gratzias
SCOTTISH GAELIC :: tapadh leat (singular, familiar)
tapadh leibh (plural, respectful)
SERBIAN :: хвала (hvala)
SESOTHO :: ke ya leboha
SHIMAORE ::marahaba
SHONA :: waita (plural: maita)
SINDHI :: meharbani
SINHALA :: stuutiyi
SLOVAK :: ďakujem
SLOVENIAN :: hvala
SOBOTA :: hvala
SOMALI :: waad mahadsantahay
SONGHAI :: fofo
SONINKÉ :: nouari
SPANISH :: gracias
SWAHILI :: asante / asante sana
SWEDISH :: tack
TAGALOG :: salamat (po)
TAHITIAN :: mauruuru
TAJIK:: rahmat
TAMAZIGHT :: tanemmirt
TAMIL :: nandri
TATAR :: rahmat
TELUGU :: dhanyavadalu
THAI :: ขอบคุณค่ะ (kop khun kha) - woman speaking
ขอบคุณครับ (kop khun krap) - man speaking
TIGRINYA :: yekeniele
TOHONO O'ODHAM :: m-sapo
TONGA :: tualumba
TORAJA :: kurre sumanga
TURKISH :: teşekkür ederim / sagolun
UDMURT :: tau
UKRAINIAN :: Дякую (d'akuju)
URDU :: shukriya
UYGHUR :: rahmat
UZBEK :: rahmat
VIETNAMESE :: cám ơn
WALLISIAN :: malo te ofa
WALOON :: ("betchfessîs" spelling) gråces / merci
thank you very much : gråces (merci) traze côps, gråces (merci) beacôp
WELSH :: diolch
WEST INDIAN CREOLE :: mèsi
WOLOF :: djiere dieuf
XHOSA :: enkosi
YAQUI :: kettu'i
YIDDISH :: a dank
YORUBA :: o sheun
ZULU :: ngiyabonga (literally means : I give thanks)
siyabonga (= we give thanks)
ngiyabonga kakhulu (thanks very much)

"Thank You" -no matter how, when or where, it should not be a go unsaid. 

Please forgive any errors.  Thank You (Smile).

 

 

Thankfulness sown allows one to reap the beauty if contentment.  

Thankfulness sown allows one to reap the beauty if contentment.  

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Sow What?

"Can" Drive

Support our "can" drive.  

Support our "can" drive.  

What if a "Can" drive meant the following: 

I "can" feed more people than just myself and my loved ones.  

I "can" feed a mind that hungers for knowledge.  

I "can" nourish a heart that is starving for love. 

What if we recycled "cans" as a substitute for "could"...

We "can" teach others how to feed themselves.  

We "can," at the same time, show them how to feed others. 

We "can" love others to the point that they will ultimately learn to love in return.

 If so, then, soul food would only be found in "CANS."

 I "can" make a difference. 

You "can" make a difference.  

We "can" make a difference.  

Philippians 4:13

 

Boundaries

France

France

Kenya

Kenya

Lebanon

Lebanon

Egypt

Egypt

Malaysia

Malaysia

Mexico

Mexico

Nigeria

Nigeria

India

India

Chicago

Chicago

Syria  

Syria  

Iraq

Iraq

Sudan

Sudan

Afghanistan  

Afghanistan  

Tragedy has no boundaries. 

Evil respects no borders. 

And, Love knows no bounds.

 

"Love your neighbor as yourself." 

"And who is my neighbor?" 

"The one who showed [him] mercy."  "Now go and do the same."

Luke 10:27,29,37

Sow What?

 

When I grow up...

"I want to be a doctor."  "A policeman."  "A fireman."  Astronaut?  Ball player?  Teacher? 

A Farmer?

When you were growing up, who were your heroes?  Who are your heroes now?  

I've realized 2 things:

1. We really never stop growing. Growing up. Growing old. Growing tired. Growing wiser.  

2. You should never outgrow heroes. And if you outgrow your current heroes, continue to grow until you become a hero. 

Take this living example:  I know a firefighter-paramedic who starts fires and gets hearts pumping without CPR.  He has done so by creating a mentoring program for at-risk youth. 

 

Setting a blaze by setting young hearts afire. 

Setting a blaze by setting young hearts afire. 

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New life skill -hanging tough!

New life skill -hanging tough!

He knows that it takes more than CPR to move hearts.  He also knows that the fire that ignites the hopes and dreams of youth should be stoked not extinguished. 

Lt. Cameron Dailey (L) and Co.  

Lt. Cameron Dailey (L) and Co.  

Young men reaching new heights (literally)!

Young men reaching new heights (literally)!

 

Hampton Fire Department (HFD), Lt. Cameron Dailey established Camp Prospect to set the hearts and imaginations of at-risk youth on fire.  

It's a matter of the heart.

It's a matter of the heart.

Hero.  

Hero.  

Watching these firefighters and paramedics sow into the lives of these teens makes them... well, more like farmers.  They act like farmers by planting hopes, skills and dreams that will benefit us all come harvest time.  These special men and women are sowing 2 of the 3 Ts, Time and Talent, into the lives of the next generation.  I strongly believe that being a hero can be more than running into a burning building.

Firefighters aren't the only "farmers" that are actually my heroes.  

Mallory Williams, MD, MPH Vice Chair, Acute Care Surgery Committee on Trauma, State of Ohio, Toledo, OH

Mallory Williams, MD, MPH
 Vice Chair, Acute Care Surgery Committee on Trauma, State of Ohio, Toledo, OH

I know trauma surgeons and emergency physicians whose best work is preventing their skills from ever being used.  Much like, Lt. Dailey, these everyday heroes help create a better harvest for tomorrow by planting dreams, pruning excesses and weeding distractions in the lives of young persons in their communities and beyond.

 

 

Robert Gore, MDEmergency Physician, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NYFounder, KAVI -Kings Against Violence Initiative

Robert Gore, MD
Emergency Physician, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Founder, KAVI -Kings Against Violence Initiative

Here's one more example:  Police persons that know more than one type of hold.  

Free Hugs

Free Hugs

Proper execution of a "choke hold" 

Proper execution of a "choke hold" 

Now that I'm a little older, I realize that my heroes come in all shapes, sizes, ages, colors, sexes and professions.  One thing that they all have in common -They are all FARMERS!   Sowing seeds of good, seeds of change, wherever they go. No matter what title they carry.

 

Sow What?

Sow What? Nicaragua -Part 3

THE RAPIDS!

As I was standing on the riverbank watching, the following was going through my mind:

"Is this really the right way?"
"Are they really going to try to squeeze between those rocks while going against the current?"
"Why didn't we go the other way?  It looked much wider and a definitely a lot safer!"
"Is he really trying to help the outboard motor by using that stick?"

"DID HE JUST JUMP OUT OF THE BOAT???"

"OK, I'm just going to watch..." 

And watch we did -At least the chosen few of us who were blessed enough to be asked to get out of the boat in order to lighten the load. 

One more time...    Why didn't we take the wider, calmer, left fork in the river? 

THAT'S WHY!!!

While we did not know it nor could we see it,  the other route led to our certain doom.  Coincidence? No. Allegory? Ah, maybe. Nonetheless, I got the message.  "Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it."  Matt. 7:13 BSB

Faith and trust in our guide, was also symbolic in obvious ways which will become even more apparent later on. 

So my faith was definitely tested and strengthened at the same time, not only because of my fear and ultimate survival, but also because of all of the families that have traveled this same path as a way of life.  We were well equipped with a fiberglass boat, powerful outboard motor, river guides, and strong men.  Many of the denizens of the river we witnessed were ill equipped with hand-made rafts, sticks, children, elderly and the occasional able-bodied man.  But, they were more then adequately powered by faith, faith that powered their very existence.  That same faith, I often lack when I only symbolically try to motor against life's currents of adversity. 

I began to understand what God was trying to teach me -what my Nicaraguan brothers and sisters, in some ways, had already learned.

Last Stop: The River

Next Stop: The People