The
Pipeline of Light was launched
in 2002 to address the enormous demand
for the Urantia Book in countries where
readers cannot afford them. When I first
heard the story of a group of seventy
readers in South America who were
sharing eleven books between them, I
knew I would be irresistibly drawn to
this project. Groups of readers around
the world are studying the revelation in
extraordinary circumstances. How
fortunate we are to be blessed with the
resources to help them!
Here in the
United States, where most of us could
purchase books whenever we please,
interest in the revelation grows slowly.
Conversely, in countries where interest
in the Urantia Book is growing by leaps
and bounds, the price of the book may be
several weeks' wages. It is ironic that
in countries where per capita income
hovers near $100 per MONTH, the retail
price of The Urantia Book can be two or
three times what we pay in the states.
The Pipeline
of Light project provides a flow of
donated books in every available
language to areas where readers can
otherwise only dream of owning a
personal copy of the revelation. In the
past year, Pipeline books have been
delivered to Poland, Lithuania, Russia,
Ukraine, India, Nigeria, Senegal,
Mexico, Costa Rica, Pakistan, Palestine,
Chile, Argentina, El Salvador, Malaysia,
Venezuela, Myanmar, and Colombia. Since
November 2005 149 books have been
shipped, and this number is constantly
changing.
Here is how it
works; When contacts are made (through
the efforts of such groundbreaking world
seed planters as Norman Ingram, Augustin
Arellano, JJ Johnson, and others),
Pipeline volunteers (which include Paula
Thompson and David Kantor) order the
books from Tamara Wood at Urantia
Foundation, who makes every
effort to give the Pipeline a generous
discount. Tamara then ships the books
directly from Chicago. In other
instances the books are hand-carried by
travelers who deliver them in person.
Every
penny raised for the Pipeline of Light
is used exclusively for books and
shipping costs.
Donations are tax-exempt. You may either
give via The Urantia Book Fellowship, or
use your Paypal account via Mind, Body
and Spirit, Inc.
MICHELLE'S REPORT
March 31, 2008
Dear Friends,
During the first quarter of 2008,
Pipeline of Light volunteers placed 94
copies of The Urantia Book into eleven
countries. Your donations to the
Pipeline helped us deliver books to
readers and study groups in Costa Rica,
Peru, India, Arizona, Chile, Egypt,
Thailand, Colombia, Argentina, the
Maldive Islands, and Venezuela.
85% of this quarter's placements were
copies of El Libro de Urantia sent to
Latin America. But an interesting
development this year has been requests
where the translation requested is not
the primary tongue of the country to
which we've sent the book. We sent one
French book to India, and Italian and
German books to Costa Rica. We were also
happy to have sent the Pipeline's first
Russian CD version of The Urantia Book
to India. Is this a new trend?
This quarter's placements bring our
Pipeline all-time totals to fifteen
hundred and fifteen books placed into
sixty countries around the world.
Thank you so much for your support!
Michelle Klimesh, Pipeline Coordinator
MICHELLE'S REPORT
September, 2008
Dear Friends,
Since my last report, Pipeline of Light
volunteers placed 370 copies of The
Urantia Book into eighteen countries.
Your donations to the Pipeline helped us
deliver books to readers and study
groups in Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru,
India, Chile, Israel, Colombia,
Argentina, Mexico, Argentina, Dominican
Republic, Bolivia, the US, El Salvador,
Russia, Ecuador, and Togo.
Continuing the
cross-pollination of cultures that began
earlier this year, we sent French and
Italian books into the Dominican
Republic.
This quarter’s
placements bring our Pipeline all-time
totals to eighteen hundred and
eighty-five (1885) books placed into
sixty-one (61) countries around the
world.
Thank you so
much for your support!
Michelle Klimesh, Pipeline Coordinator
MICHELLE'S REPORT
April, 2009
Dear Friends,
During the first quarter of 2009,
Pipeline of Light volunteers placed 113
copies of The Urantia Book into ten
countries. Your donations to the
Pipeline helped us deliver books to
readers and study groups in India,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico,
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Uruguay.
We also placed a book in a new Pipeline
country, Moldova. This quarter’s
placements bring the Pipeline all-time
totals to 2,130 books placed into
sixty-three countries around the world.
MICHELLE'S REPORT
September 30, 2009
Dear Friends,
Since my last report, Pipeline of Light
volunteers have placed sixty copies of
The Urantia Book into eleven countries.
Your donations to the Pipeline helped us
deliver books to readers and study
groups in Costa Rica, India, England,
Chile, Mexico, the Philippines, the
United States, and Ecuador.
In addition,
we placed books in three new countries
this quarter! We sent a Spanish
translation to Honduras, a French book
to Cameroon, and an English book to
Botwsana. Book totals by language this
quarter included 3 Russian, 46 Spanish,
2 Italian, 7 English, and one French
translation.
This quarter’s
placements bring our Pipeline all-time
totals to twenty-four hundred, twelve
books placed into sixty-six countries
around the world.
