US Ambassador Eikenberry visits Afghan peace vigil with his wife ; Mountains cannot reach mountains, only Man can reach Man
October 30, 2009 by
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Mountains cannot reach mountains, only Man can reach Man
An Afghan world of thanks to U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry
The Afghan peace vigil ended on its 7th day, the 28th of October, after the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan , Karl Eikenberry, visited the 10 youth who kept the vigil and told them that he’d take their message of peace and reconciliation to the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate President Obama.
US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, his wife & Bamiyan Governor Dr Sarobi
with the Afghan peace vigil youth
Below were the words of gratitude delivered to Ambassador Eikenberry for reaching out to the Afghan peace vigil youth just as ‘Man reaches out to Man’.
We also thank our international peacemaker friends for standing with us, especially our friends from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Iraq Memorial to Life in Olympia, Washington State.
We hope to post some videos of the visit tomorrow and will continue raising our voice of peace till the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate President Obama and the world hears the wish for true peace and reconciliation shared by all Men.
How can we not reach out in peace to one another, all over the world, at such a difficult time as this?
Mountains cannot reach mountains, only Man can reach Man
An Afghan world of thanks to U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry
We are the youth of the mountains who do not represent any political or religious views except for those views which make us truly human, capable of acting in love and truth, in good times as well as in tragedy ( taken from our message of peace to President Obama ).
We thank Ambassador Eikenberry for coming and his kindness in giving us a chance to raise our ordinary voice of peace in Afghanistan and the world.
We, the people of Afghanistan, have a proverb that says, “Mountains cannot reach mountains, only Man can reach Man.”
Ambassador Eikenberry, today you have reached out to us as Man reaches out to Man and we are touched. We, the youth peace volunteers and the people of Afghanistan also want to reach out to all of humanity with our wish for true peace and reconciliation.
We are hopeful that we would not be like the mountains which, because of the deep pressures of fissures and divisions, have hearts that cannot be moved to reach one another.
We wish to pursue creative, non-violent, civilian solutions to bring peace to every human person.
Ambassador Eikenberry, we thank you, and hope that you would be able to take our simple message of peace from Afghanistan to reach out to the Nobel Peace Prize Winner President Obama and to the world, in the same wonderful way you have encouraged us with your visit this morning.
A world of thanks!
This framed photo was a gift to the Ambassador
The peace vigil group also gave the Nobel Peace Laureate President Obama
this photo, requesting the Ambassador to deliver it with our message of peace
