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 When she was twenty-nine years old, Nancy was a supervisor for American Airlines flight attendants. She had a life to envy: free travel all over the world, status as a San Diego socialite, and a bright future climbing the corporate ladder at American Airlines. Her world was rocked when Nancy ’s father died suddenly at age 54. It caused her to start thinking deeply about what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. “I looked at what was ahead for me and realized I was driven but not advancing at American but by a desire for greater meaning and purpose”. Nancy then decided to return to her career as a flight attendant so she’d have more time to pursue her passion. She began traveling and began what she called a seven year search for meaning. She went to live with the Hopi Indians, the High Andres Indians, the people of Thailand and the Philippines and in Sri Lanka where she adopted a child. Every month for seven years she visited another country. After seven years, she gave away most of her possessions and moved to Hawaii . “I asked God how I could deeply affect humanity. I had seen children all over the world who needed so much. They needed basic things like school supplies, medical supplies, clean water or a comfortable place to lay their head”. She realized that if other people had the same experiences she had, they would fall in love with the same children she had fallen in love with and then have a desire to help. “The joy of being able to meet that need is so much more than buying a new car or a new house.
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