I have read the Chinese version of this story somewhere a long time ago and will try to dig it out and post for the Chinese readers to enjoy.
Thanksgiving is 2 weeks a way and I thought this is a great time to share this story with you, since Thanksgiving is all about giving and sharing. As most of us here in the San Francisco area and if you have followed us for some time, you would probably know that we are hosting a World Reunion here next year and this should serve as a great parable for the organization of the event. We are cooking a pot of stone soup and need a lot of ingredients added to the pot to make it as delicious as we can. Thanks to the many that have offered their money, times an resources to help in the event. This is a huge pot of soup that we are cooking, we definitely can use everyone and anyone’s help, monetarily and emotionally. Let’s work together so by this time next year, we can all look back at the August 28th, 2010 day and say: “yeah! I threw in some great ingredients to make the soup that will be remembered by many people, for the rest of their lives!”
Here we go, the story retold, enjoy:-)
One day a man went to a village and all the people were hiding. There was a farmer that came and the man asked the farmer why everyone was hiding. The farmer said that all the people of village were hungry and the children were weak.
The man went to the lake and filled a pot with water. He added a stone to the pot full of water and brought it to the village. He put it on a fire to cook.
The farmer asked him what he was making. The man told him it was Stone Soup. The farmer said that he had never heard of Stone Soup and asked if he could have some. The man said only if you give me a vegetable, so the farmer gave him a potato.
Along came another villager and he asked the man what he was making. The man said it was Stone Soup. The villager said that he had never heard of Stone Soup and asked if he could have some. The man said only if he would give him a vegetable. The villager added a carrot to the soup.
A woman came along and asked what the man was making. He said he was making Stone Soup. The woman asked if she could have some. The man said only if he she would give him a vegetable, so she added her onion to the soup.
All the people in the village started to smell the stone soup and came to see what the man was cooking. They all added their vegetables to the soup. After a while, the soup pot was filled with many wonderful flavors and the entire village had a feast.
Everybody thanked the stranger and he was there for many days to feed them the Stone Soup.
After the stranger left, the village people decided to try the same thing and they worked together to make many feasts.



部分老成員已經在我們每個月的定期會議上掌握了信息, 所以這小組會議的重點落在與新成員溝通和分配工作上。
