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ISLAND 7

Faiho FAMILY NAVIGATIONAL GUIDEBOOK

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Faiho (FAY-hoh)

Faith and Hope

ENLIGH SUGGESTIONS:

• 1828 definition of faith: noun. Latin fides, fido, to trust; Gr. to persuade, to draw towards

anything, to conciliate; to believe, to obey

• 1828 definition of hope: confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well-founded

expectation of good

• Listen to Faiho the Dove . Record any thoughts or impressions.

• Read through the dove facts . After reading the animal facts and listening to the

song, how could you liken the dove to faith and hope?

• Study Faith and Hope in your core books. What do they mean to you personally? Find

stories of individuals who continuously achieved through their exercise of faith and hope.

READ THE TALE OF HOPE: Read together the Faiho section in The Tale of Hope: Island of

Abundance.

LISTEN TO THE SONG: Listen to Faiho the Dove.

Faiho (The Dove)

Faith and Hope are the master principles of continuous achievement. They continually spur us

on, lighting the way even in our darkest hours. They increase our capacity to endure and

overcome.

HOW TO USE FAIHO RESULTS FROM APPLYING FAIHO

• Hold on with Faith and Hope,

and never give up!

• Don’t procrastinate developing

the perfect plan.

• Take the first step in Faith and

the next step will become

apparent.

• “Through all struggles, peace and assurance will

prevail.

• “Questions and doubts will be turned into

assurances and understanding.

• “The unknown, unseen, and unexplained can be

approached with unquestioning assurance.

• “Even in the seemingly worst of times, you will

recognize with peace and reassurance that, in

reality, it is the best of times.” Richard C Edgley

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EXPLORE THE DOVE:

1. Doves and pigeons belong to the same family, Columbidae, and have many similar

features. Their ability to find their way home over hundreds, even thousands, of miles is

unsurpassed in the animal kingdom.

2. The long, pointed wings and tail of the mourning dove enable these birds to fly fast.

Mourning doves have been clocked at 55 mph!

3. Doves can adapt to almost any environment. The only places in the world they are not

found are in places of extreme conditions such as deserts and the Antarctic.

4. Doves mate for life. Beginning as early as seven months old, female doves can begin

breeding. Females almost always lay two eggs at a time.

5. Eggs are typically laid 8-12 days after mating. The incubation period is only 18 days

before the eggs will hatch. Such a short gestation period means a pair of doves can have

up to nine broods a year.

6. When the chicks hatch, both the male and female parent secretes a cottage cheese type

milk called “crop milk” to feed them for the first three days of their lives. This milk is

richer in protein and fat than milk produced by mammals.

7. Doves are primarily seed-eaters, not insect-eaters. When they grab seeds off the ground,

they are not necessarily eating them—they are saving them for later. The seeds collect in

the “crop,” which is simply an enlarged part of their esophagus. They will digest this

food source at another time.

8. What else can you learn about doves?

PONDER:

1. Doves can adapt themselves to almost any environment. How does faith and hope play a

vital role in your happiness, especially when you find yourself in unfamiliar and even

hostile circumstances?

2. Doves mate for life and both take care of their young. Why is it important for both faith

and hope to work together? How can you strengthen your collective faith and hope in

your family unit?

3. Doves have a way to save their food for later nourishment. How can you be sure to have

a reserve of faith and hope when you are faced with difficult situations and need their

strength?

4. Doves and pigeons belong to the same family and have many similar features. Over

100,000 pigeons played a vital role in World War I. Their strength was not only their

homing abilities, but their speed. This speed made it nearly impossible for enemy

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marksmen to shoot them down, giving the homing pigeons a 95% success rate! Possibly

the only effective countermeasure for the enemy was to release birds of prey to hunt the

pigeons down. What are some things that can pull you down and cause you to lose your

hope and your faith? What do you do about them and how can you safeguard yourself

against them?

Teaching Tip

“Nothing touches the soul but leaves its impress, and thus, little by little, we are fashioned

into the image of all we have seen and heard, known and meditated; and if we learn to live

with all that is fairest and purest and best, the love of it all will in the end become our life.”

~David B Haight

As you have journeyed to Cowra, you have blessed your children by impressing on their

souls the light and joy of true and beautiful principles. Consider that the human family

learns best through repetition and that there are endless levels of learning when practicing

true principles. How would your family's life be blessed by going through the program

again, but this time at a deeper level?

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Faiho Stories Ann’s Faith

Retold by Cindy Taylor

Ann was playing outside. She heard her mom call, “Ann! Ann! Come here please.” Ann

ran to see what her mom wanted. “Dad is out working on the new well. I want you to take his

lunch to him.”

“Okay,” Ann said happily. She was always happy when she got to see her dad. Ann ran

all the way out to the new well her father was digging. She could not see him. She looked all

around; but he was not there.

“Dad!” yelled Ann. “Daddy, where are you?”

From deep inside the well she heard his voice. “I am down here.”

Ann leaned over the edge of the well and peered into the deep hole. She could not see her

father. All she could see was darkness.

“Daddy?” she called in a small voice. “Are you really there?”

“Yes, I’m here, Honey.”

“I can’t see you,” Ann said, still looking in the hole.

“I can see you just fine,” her dad said.

“I brought you some lunch,” Ann said.

“Wonderful! Just drop it down and I will catch it.”

Ann carefully lifted the lunch bag over the edge of the well and dropped it. She heard her

father catch the sack and open it.

“There’s enough here for two,” Dad called to Ann. “Come and join me.”

“How do I get down there, Daddy?” Ann asked.

“You will have to jump. But don’t worry; I will catch you.”

“I’m afraid, Daddy. It’s so dark down there and I can’t see you.”

“Ann, do you know it is me down here?”

“Yes, I can hear your voice,” she said.

“And do you love me?”

“More than anything, Daddy?”

“And do you know that I love you to the moon and back?”

“Yes.

“Then you have to have faith and trust that I will catch you,” her father said gently.

Ann sat on the edge of the well and dangled her feet into the hole. Her heart was

thumping hard in her chest.

“I can see you, Ann. I will catch you. Just let go.”

Ann pushed herself into the hole and felt herself falling. In seconds she was in the arms

of her father who held her tight and kissed her.

“That was very brave, Ann. I am very proud of you. Thank you for believing in me.”

“I love you, Daddy.”

“I love you too, Ann. Now let’s eat some lunch.”

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Cher Ami Feathered Hero of World War I

by Colleen Jensen

During World War I, “tweets” and “twitters” were a crucial form of communication - but

not in the way we know it today. Real live birds were the feathered messengers of the army.

Carrier pigeons were ideal for the job because they have an incredible sense of direction and can

fly to their homes from many miles away. Some of their duties included wearing a camera to

take pictures of enemy positions or delivering important messages

on paper neatly folded and placed in a tiny canister attached to the

pigeon’s leg.

One of the most recognized carrier pigeons was Cher Ami -

French for “Dear Friend.” He served in the fall of 1918 and

completed 12 important missions; but his final one, on October

4th, 1918, proved the depth of his commitment.

October 3, 1918 – U.S. Major Whittlesey and 500 soldiers

in the 77th Infantry Division, known as the Liberty Division, found

themselves trapped in a small depression on the side of the hill.

German soldiers surrounded them, killing and wounding nearly

300 Americans.

Major Whittlesey sent several pigeons, trying to inform his

commanders how dire the situation was; but they were all shot

down. By the next afternoon, the Division’s last hope was Cher Ami.

Midday on October 4th, the American artillery tried to protect the stranded group by

firing hundreds of big artillery rounds at the Germans. Unfortunately, without a definitive

location, they were unknowingly dropping the shells on their very own men!

Major Whittlesey had to rely on Cher Ami to deliver a simple but lifesaving note that

read:

“We are along the road parallel to 276.4.

“Our own artillery is dropping a barrage

directly on us.

For heaven’s sake, stop it!”

Cher Ami was released and immediately the Germans opened fire. In the midst of bullets,

it appeared as if the pigeon was going to fall and the battalion was doomed. Their hearts sank

until, miraculously, Cher Ami pulled out of his earth-bound plummet and began flying beyond

the range of the enemy's gunfire. The infantrymen cheered.

Cher Ami returned to his home-base coop badly wounded. The soldier who came when

the bell sounded found a near lifeless bird. This feathered messenger had flown 25 miles in 25

minutes to successfully deliver the message that redirected the shelling and saved more than 200

American lives. This remarkable pigeon had only made it home by sheer determination to

complete his job. Cher Ami had been blinded in one eye, received a quarter-sized bullet wound in

his breastbone, and the leg with the canister on it was hanging by only a few tendons.

This brave little hero was given the best medical care - even a carved wooden leg. Cher

Ami was presented with the French Croix de guerre medal for bravery and determination.

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Eventually the one-legged bird was sent by boat to the United States where his story was

told over and over. He was truly a bird committed to his mission!

June 13, 1919 - Cher Ami died as a result of his war injuries. A taxidermist preserved the

small pigeon for future generations and he is on display at the National Museum of American

History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

The Rabbi and the Soap Maker An Old Jewish Tale

A rabbi and a soap maker went for a walk together.

The soap maker said, “What good is religion? Look at all the trouble and misery of the

world. Still there, even after years—thousands of years—of teaching about goodness and truth

and peace. Still there, after all the prayers and sermons and teachings. If religion is good and

true, why should this be?”

The rabbi said nothing. They continued walking until the rabbi noticed a child playing in

the gutter. Then the rabbi said, “Look at the child. You say that soap makes people clean, but see

the dirt on that youngster. Of what good is soap? With all the soap in the world, the child is still

filthy. I wonder how effective soap is, after all!”

The soap maker protested. “But, Rabbi, soap cannot do any good unless it is used!”

“Exactly,” replied the rabbi. “Exactly."

Additional Books/Stories

• The Mourning Dove by Larry Barkdull (Ages: 8+). The year is 1959, in Boise, Idaho.

Nine-year-old Sawyer Huish is orphaned and lives with his recently widowed

grandfather, Pop. Under the loving guidance of Pop, Sawyer learns some of life s most

important lessons: the responsibility that comes with love, the nature of charity, respect

for all living things, and the dangers in telling a lie. Pop is a humble man whose example

extends far beyond his small circle. While he has attained no social recognition or

position, the ripple effect of his example reaches generations into the future.

• Inspiring Stories from Gandhi’s Life by Uma Shankar Joshi (Ages 3-up). This website

is full of stories from Gandhi’s life. All good ones to tell to children. They all show his

faith and hope in life. http://www.mkgandhi.org/students/story.htm

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Faiho Movies

Narnia Walden Media 2005. This epic movie brings to life C.S. Lewis' classic tale set in the

magical land of Narnia. Four siblings accidentally find themselves in a new land

where the White Witch has overtaken the people and created a world of permanent winter.

Together, with the rightful king, Aslan, the children must discover and use powers and strengths

they never knew they possessed, in order to overcome the evil in the land and set things right.

Little Boy Metanoia Films 2015. (Note to Parents: Although clean, the dramatic themes of this

movie may be unsettling and difficult for little children to understand. Please preview.)

An eight-year-old boy will do anything to end World War II so his father can come home. This

heartwarming film depicts the great love a son can have for a loving father and the faith that can

be wielded by the youngest among us.

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Faiho Lesson Ideas Discussion Questions

1. What are two ways you can exercise greater faith and hope throughout your day? What

would help you remember to keep your thoughts focused in this manner?

2. How are faith and hope different? How are they similar?

Song Extensions

• COLOR: Invite your family to color the Faiho coloring page as they listen to the song.

• DISCUSSION: Listen to Faiho the Dove. What are some ways faith and hope help

you?

• ACTIVITY: Prepare in advance to have a candle you can light in the room you are

in. Turn off all of the lights and light the candle. Discuss ways that faith and hope can

illuminate your life. What are ways that you can increase the light (faith and hope)

in each other's lives?

• WORD PUZZLES: Do the word search or crossword puzzle while you listen to songs

you have already learned.

Additional Activities

• OPTIONAL ATTENTION ACTIVITY: “The heart wants what the heart

wants.” What are the desires of your heart? On a blank piece of paper, draw a heart

and decorate it with pictures or words that describe some of the things your heart is

hoping for (i.e. good health, loving relationships, financial security). Afterward, make

a large heart on the ground with a rope. Physically step into the heart and stand while

you make the connection of how we need to "step into action," where we exercise faith

and hope toward accomplishing our desires. Identify specific actions you can take toward

fulfilling what your heart wants.

• VIDEO: Find a video clip about doves to watch and discuss.

• ART: Create your own coloring book pages using images illustrating stories from your

core books that show faith and/or hope. Share the coloring book with a family member or

friend.

• QUOTE ACTIVITY: For an entire week, whenever in the car, practice reciting a quote

pertaining to faith or hope. At the end of the week, reward all those who are able to recite

it.

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• OBJECT LESSON: TREASURE HUNT. Tell your children that they're going to go on

a treasure hunt. The rules are they need to be blindfolded, and you will lead them.

Blindfold one or all children at the same time. Take their hands and lead them to the

treasure. After they receive their prize, discuss how they felt when you explained the

activity and told them there would be a treat at the end.

- Why were they willing to follow you when they couldn't see the end result? Talk

about what faith and hope means in this scenario.

- If they would have stayed in the starting place, would they ever get to the

treasure? Discuss how they had to move forward, even blindfolded, in order to

find it. (That represents faith—you must move forward in order to receive the

prize at the end.)

- Picture how you can have faith and hope in a future that you can’t see. How can

you show faith in your future?

• ACTIVITY: Watch a video that shows the motion of a dove flying. It is through the

motion of the dove working its wings back and forth that it is able to lift and fly to its

destination.

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Family Celebration Congratulations! You have successfully completed

the Island of Abundance.

Take a moment to celebrate and review with your family what you have learned. Below are some

celebration ideas.

• FAMILY DINNER: Hold a special family dinner. Decorate with items that remind you

of each animal (i.e. stuffed animals or pictures of each of the animals.) Serve foods that

remind you of each animal or that are eaten by people who live near these animals’

natural habitats. You may even consider inviting each family member to come to dinner

representing one of the animals. Invite them to be creative in how they represent their

animal; and then see if everyone can guess who each other is. Discuss what you learned

and your favorite memories while on the Island of Abundance.

• COSTUME PARTY: Have each family member design their own costume that

represents an animal on the Island of Abundance. Ask each of them to share a favorite

story or personal experience they had while learning about the animal.

• GAME: Create a game to test your knowledge about the animals and the lessons they

teach us. Use the animal facts and songs to help you generate questions for the game.

Give out rewards!

• GUEST SPEAKER: Invite special guests to discuss how they implement one of the

principles from the Island of Abundance in their lives.

• FIELD TRIP: Go on a family outing of your choice. Beforehand, assign an animal and

its principle to each member of the family. Tell them they are to focus on applying the

principle while they are on this outing or, if appropriate, drop clues of the animal by

acting as the animal. At the end of the outing, gather together and see if you can guess

what animal and principle each family member applied. Take a moment to recognize and

compliment how each person did.

• MOVIE: Enjoy treats as you watch an inspiring movie. At the conclusion, take a moment

to identify the principles, taught on the Island of Abundance, that were exemplified in the

movie. How did these principles, or lack of, affect the characters and those around them?

• AWARDS CEREMONY: Have an awards ceremony recognizing how each person

applied the principles in his or her life.

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Faiho the Dove Faith and Hope

ANIMAL FACTS

1. Doves and pigeons belong to the same family, Columbidae, and have

many similar features. Their ability to find their way home over hundreds,

even thousands, of miles is unsurpassed in the animal kingdom.

2. The long, pointed wings and tail of the mourning dove enable these birds

to fly fast. Mourning doves have been clocked at 55 mph!

3. Doves can adapt to almost any environment. The only places in the world

they are not found are in places of extreme conditions such as deserts and

the Antarctic.

4. Doves mate for life. Beginning as early as seven months old, female doves can begin breeding.

Females almost always lay two eggs at a time. The incubation period is only 18 days before the

eggs will hatch. Such a short gestation period means a pair of doves can have up to nine broods a

year.

5. When the chicks hatch, both the male and female parent secretes a cottage cheese type milk

called “crop milk” to feed them for the first three days of their lives.

6. What else can you learn about doves?

PONDER

1. Doves can adapt themselves to almost any environment. How does faith and hope play a vital role

in your happiness, especially when you find yourself in unfamiliar and even hostile

circumstances?

2. Doves mate for life and both take care of their young. Why is it important for both faith and hope

to work together? How can you strengthen your collective faith and hope in your family unit?

3. Doves have a way to save their food for later nourishment. How can you be sure to have a reserve

of faith and hope when you are faced with difficult situations and need their strength?

4. Doves and pigeons belong to the same family and have many similar features. Over 100,000

pigeons played a vital role in World War I. Their strength was not only their homing abilities, but

their speed. This speed made it nearly impossible for enemy marksmen to shoot them down,

giving the homing pigeons a 95% success rate! Possibly the only effective countermeasure for the

enemy was to release birds of prey to hunt the pigeons down. What are some things that can pull

you down and cause you to lose your hope and your faith? What do you do about them and how

can you safeguard yourself against them?

HOW TO USE FAIHO RESULTS FROM APPLYING FAIHO

• Hold on with Faith and Hope, and never

give up!

• Don’t procrastinate developing the perfect

plan.

• Take the first step in Faith and the next

step will become apparent.

• “Through all struggles, peace and assurance will prevail.

• “Questions and doubts will be turned into assurances and

understanding.

• “The unknown, unseen, and unexplained can be

approached with unquestioning assurance.

• “Even in the seemingly worst of times, you will

recognize with peace and reassurance that, in reality, it is

the best of times.” Richard C Edgley

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Faiho the Dove

Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho

Can you not see on the horizon, no matter how dark the present night?

Though a far off, she's still coming. Can your eye discern her light?

Here she comes across the seas, with bright power in her wake,

Faith and hope and will to believe when each battle is at stake.

Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho, Faiho

Be strong enough to heed her beckon.

Take courage now and yield her weapons in defense of what is great, good, and true.

She brings the most important glory; you'll need her strength to complete your story.

She's faith and hope, and will bring peace to you.

She's faith and hope, and will bring peace to you.

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"Hope is the thing with

feathers that perches in the

soul. And sings the tune

without the words and never

stops at all."

~Emily Dickinson

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“Faith and Hope are the

master principles of

continuous achievement.

They continually spur us on,

lighting the way even in our

darkest hours. They increase

our capacity to endure and

overcome.”

~Roger Anthony

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"Faith is like radar

that sees through the

fog." ~Corrie Ten Boom

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“Be like the bird who,

pausing in her flight

awhile on boughs too

slight, feels them give

way beneath her, and

yet sings, knowing she

hath wings.” ~ Victor Hugo

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FAIHO CROSSWORD

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2

3

4

5

6

7

Across

3. Here she comes across the seas, with bright _____ in her wake.

4. Be strong enough to hear her ______.

7. She brings the most important glory; you'll need her ____ to complete your story.

Down

1. Take courage now and yield her weapons in defense of what is great, good, and ____.

2. Can you not see on the horizon no matter how dark the ______ night?

4. Faith and hope and will to believe when each ____ is at stake.

5. Though a far off, she's still _____.

6. Can your eye discern her _____?

*Hint: The answers can be found in the song and animal facts. If you need additional help refer to the word bank at the end of the document.

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FAIHO WORD SEARCH

D R W R T P E A C E B D G

H G O H K H G F F C C S U

V T L M J G V D C W F T Y

D Y U O G S S O X E S R T

G G S S R F X V B T A U E

N N P F S Y Z E N D E E R

M N T X A H T I A F D G Y

J B H V G D O E O G X H G

Y C G H C E G A R U O C V

R R I R V R P A U T P F B

E W L W N Y H D P Y J S R

S R O R M H N O H I A F F

F T H O P E C Z K J S A E

FAIHO GLORY

DOVE PEACE

LIGHT HOPE

COURAGE FAITH

TRUE

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FAIHO CROSSWORD

Word Bank

true beckon

coming light

battle present

strength power