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As our team prepared a presentation for the Christian Science Board of Directors on possible locations in Latin America where they might be invited to travel to meet with branch church members and church attendees, the name Cuba stood out on the page as if in neon lights. Because of US government sanctions against the Cuban government for over 40 years, it had not occurred to us that such a meeting would be possible.

I WAS ABOUT SEVEN, and my brother four, when we started attending the Christian Science Sunday School in our own home. When I was thirteen, I went to live in La Habana with my grandmother.

It was 1952. We didn't practice any religion when my mother came down with cancer of the uterus.

OUR PLANE TOUCHED DOWN at José Martí airport. After deplaning, we each walked separately through a small, narrow immigration office.

On Sunday, June 1, the day before Annual Meeting 2008 convened, several events were held at the Church for everyone to attend. Here's a brief summary of the afternoon's inspiring activities.

THE CHRIST . What does this term mean? Many Christians may say, "That's easy—the Christ is the man Jesus, who walked the earth some 2,000 years ago.

IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE WHAT MIGHT GROW into a comeback story for the ages, a story of rebirth. At least that's the ideal scenario to those who cheer on the revival of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines.

EACH OF US HAS A RIGHT TO BE FREE IN EVERY WAY, including from negative mental influences. If anyone feels trapped or limited by such influences, Christian Science can help by showing how to think rightly about ourselves and those around us.

MARY BAKER EDDY WROTE a brief but very important chapter in Science and Health titled "Animal Magnetism Unmasked. " For those early in their study of Christian Science, the term animal magnetism may sound (as it initially did to me) like some semimysterious jargon, unique to Christian Science.

1. Currently pursuing a master's degree in Biblical studies at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana, Deanna Mummert is also a faculty member for the annual Bible Study Seminars at Pacific Grove, California, and teaches ethics at John Hopkins University.