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Rendahl: First Place

I meet Armenians wherever I go, usually the first place I enter. It’s like...it’s like…well, I’d say bees to honey, but I hate to compare myself to honey at the risk of suggesting I’m sweeter than I really am. But you know what I mean. It was evening by the time I reached Damascus by train from Aleppo. I’d reserved a room at a hotel

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Kristi Rendahl

Kristi Rendahl is associate professor and director of the nonprofit leadership program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Prior to starting with MSU in 2017, she worked for over 20 years with nongovernmental organizations on several continents, including living in Armenia from 1997-2002. She speaks Armenian and Spanish.

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  1. Excellent. Don’t ever let Kristi stop writing this cheerful column. Her themes are universal. Although Armenians are right to extol her as an “ABC” (Armenian by Choice), they should expect other nations to claim her too. The three questions at the close are mysterious. They could be rhetorical. Or she could be seeking answers from her readers. If the latter, the contents of this column, along with many other columns drawn from her rich experiences, make it clear for us. For her, authenticity is timeless. Love just is and is beyond comparisons. And she clearly wanted (needed and deserved) what she found in those first places. 

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