J. Edward Cook is a former marine and works with mission organizations in Africa and Eastern Europe as well as within his own community. He has worked to build schools, clinics, ch...view moreJ. Edward Cook is a former marine and works with mission organizations in Africa and Eastern Europe as well as within his own community. He has worked to build schools, clinics, churches, and community water systems, and he now spends time teaching others the importance of self-reliance and faith. His years of work have enabled him to further develop techniques and philosophies he has spent a lifetime acquiring. Raised in the Deep South, he was taught by his family to build, farm, hunt, be self-reliant, and value the importance of faith. His combined experiences have allowed him to help organizations establish effective social and community development training programs for some of the most impoverished people in the world.view less