Cyril and Methodius were brothers, born in the 1^st century during the Byzantine Empire. They both chose monastic life, rather than joining their father in politics. Due to their status, the brothers were involved in cultural and diplomatic engagements to the Slavic peoples.

Identity can be so deeply rooted in language. Cyril and Methodius were dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel in a people's native language. Throughout their lives they fought against the political and cultural traditionalists who saw value only in Greek or Latin. 

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By: Julie Bourbon
                                       

Grace Gonzales was married with three small children when she saw a flyer at work promoting a nursing program. At 30, she was working as a secretary at the Los Angeles County Hospital and thought she was “too old” to go back to school. But she applied anyway and was accepted. Little did she know that this decision would ultimately take her from L.A. to Honduras and Cameroon, where she taught nursing students and  modeled a Christian life through her engagement with her students.
 
“I was crazy,” she says now, nearly 50 years later, of  enrolling in school when she had so many responsibilities at home. “But back then, you could do anything!” She got her RN and started working day shifts at the maternity hospital next to her children’s school, then moved to another hospital’s neo-natal intensive care unit, where she worked for 19 years.
 
Enter into Grace's story here..

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