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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.
Latest posts by Kristi Rendahl (see all)
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Your story reminded me how 10 years ago, one frequently noticed old Soviet cars stranded on the side of the road because they ran-out of gas (benzine or natural gaz). It happened to our driver twice. Less than five minutes later some complete stranger, with a ricketty old clunker, stopped and poured some of the spare benzine (that they always carry with them) into our tank and would not accept any money. That was the “spirit of solidarity” that I loved in Armenia. I have not noticed this lately. Is it because there are fewer old clunkers on the road?, more gas stations? or did we run-out of solidarity!
What you did Kristi was solidarity, human solidarity. Aprees aghchik!
The story of the “good samaritan” is a beautiful story in the gospel; to love your neighbor as yourself. Do unto others as you want others to do unto you (the “golden rule”). Krisi is a good samaritan, by her example.