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Mississippi, but has lived
inallofthe Southeastern
United States He studied
Industrial engineering, but
realized that he was more
interested in pilosoohy
and the big questions nif
‘Through hs involvement with
an International Christian
student organization inthe
US, he moved to Croatian
1999 to establish the same
organization. n 2001 he
‘moved back to America and
continued his work there
ntl 2009, when he movee
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forthe “Sak student”
organization in Sarajevo for
the last five years. In 20, his
book about Adeline Paulina
Irby, Meeting Mis iy, was
published in Bosnian and
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