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We feel it is the duty of Christians to create the kingdom of God on Earth among our brothers. This kingdom will exist only when we all have enough to eat, when our children, brothers, parents don\u2019t have to die from hunger and malnutrition. That will be the “Glory,” a Kingdom for we who have never known it.
\n– Rigoberta Menchu
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We feel it is the duty of Christians to create the kingdom of God on Earth among our brothers. This kingdom will exist only when we all have enough to eat, when our children, brothers, parents don\u2019t have to die from hunger and malnutrition. 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