Joshua Atkinson's Bringing Life

Bringing Life or Seven Years in Afghanistan is a story from an Engineer alumni from ORU, Joshua Atkinson, that recounts destitution and honor from working to develop a devastated Afghanistan. His memories from the dreaded 9/11 attacks has detailed Atkinson's journey to Afghanistan for working with the nation and the people during the outbreak of the war. His novel has only great telling from life in Afghanistan to showing difficulties in rebuilding the country to even the calling God has called to him for. Starting from the beginning Atkinson recaps the thoughts that every American has thought from the day the planes shocked americans”…Who was responsible,and where was God in all of this?”, some of which were experiencing the terror, some were in the terror. Prayers were made for those of the many whose lives were taken and physically injured. As the recovery after the events of 9/11, Atkinson has reflected over the news and had a deep feeling within his heart toward the wreckage. He has believed that the call that God had on his life was,” a reality of importance for being a force for good in the world”. After viewing images of a war torn Afghanistan, Atkinson has had

During their mission trip they were able to perform practices of religion and engineering to bring light into the people of the country. Which contributed heavily on their trip as the Afghanistan people were not only blessed from God, but were also seeing a change in their daily lives as their county was being built up in a way they could not have imagined. The Engineers that have dedicated seven years of their lives for a good cause were implementing their skills along with the help of the Afghan people to erase fear, and renew grace into their lives as well as make a new way of life for the Afghan