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A note from Dr. Hendrix
Twenty years on, I gathered with the young missionaries I once led, and this piece is what I most wanted them to know: that I made few rules, held no courts, and would never have sent any of them home. I wrote it because leadership rooted in trust rather than fear was the whole of my philosophy, and I hope they felt it.
— Dr. Roger Hendrix · We share these stories so you can know the family behind GreenTeaHP.
You want boys to break rules?
Then make lots of rules
That’s when boys break rules
SO, there were few rules.
I didn’t much care what you thought of me
I would never send you home
You were safe with me
That’s what I want you to know about me.
I refused to hold courts
I would go home if I was told
To hold courts.
I was impressed if you read history,
I was deeply impressed when you made history.
How hard did you work,
they now ask your companions?
Teach me how to work,
that’s how hard you worked!
Better every month,
than the same month, the year before.
How could I ask for more,
when every month of every year, was better than the year before?
We pounded heavy stakes into the ground.
We started with nine stakes
and so pounded twelve more,
pounded and staked into the ground.
You say you have problems with the devil?
But the devil hasn’t been invited to this party!
Isn’t it better breaking into the light
to make things right?
I didn’t care what time you got up,
I just wanted YOU to go out!
It is at night,
when the calming voice is bright.