Step One: Eradicate Reader's Block

At first, I thought the metro was my solution to reader's block.  (Ok, ok, FIRST I thought the last Harry Potter book would be... well, it was while I was reading it, but it didn't launch me back into my typical hungry devouring of books one after another.)  I DID read a little on the metro, but I was easily distracted by other people's one-sided phone conversations,  muffled and poorly pronounced station declarations over the loud speaker ("This is the red line to Shady Grove.  Next stop, jew-dih-shoe-ary square" ...Judiciary Square...), and the irritating buzz that mysteriously fills train cars on occasion.

During this week at International Justice Mission (IJM), learning so much and rekindling my passion for the oppressed, I picked up Terrify No More, a book by Gary Haugen, IJM's founder and CEO.  Since it describes the people, work, and clients of IJM, I was hooked immediately.  Now, while the red or yellow line take me past L'Enfant or Union Station, I pay no attention to anything other than the story of preparation and rescue of young sex slaves in Southeast Asia.  I have come extremely close to missing my stations on a few occasions.

I hope this consumption of words and concepts and stories doesn't stop with this amazing book.  Like a chain smoker, I hope to light into a new book the moment I finish this one, using the enthusiasm of the last to push me into the next.